mal-2025-5144
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-08-05 22:25
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in whel (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (556e14c71baa5758239b80d9333f83a0369b1169e63b027c50d633b97475136c)

Package uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.


Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "whel",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/whel"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "urls": [
        "https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03041",
        "import_time": "2025-06-18T15:06:04.209461599Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-06-18T10:15:28Z",
        "sha256": "8b42afd43b449679bed7257f7c58d910c76359f62080ac8ed0ad85bb59ca80f9",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/whel",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.770932051Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "b29ba207483b2c8c39557a7ba728abfa5c536086a9a42e19f60d14c30ed96658",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/whel",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.814946632Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "556e14c71baa5758239b80d9333f83a0369b1169e63b027c50d633b97475136c",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete/whel",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.989629685Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
        "sha256": "14900319e04f7c35cf2ef793c8f23a53c4bd95642165138b7664eac80531b193",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (556e14c71baa5758239b80d9333f83a0369b1169e63b027c50d633b97475136c)\nPackage uses the template from https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip to explore building malicious PyPI packages.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: SCRIPT_KIDDIE-thegoodhacker-paquete\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Package uses simple pre-prepared tools to create a low-quality malicious action.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-5144",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2024-08-05T22:25:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/thegoodhackertv/malpip"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/whel"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in whel (PyPI)"
}


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