mal-2025-6431
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-29 22:39
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in alpha-booster (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (8fe7614b282cfa81278bc61bde1998e286fe7554c1d37b4c3185718c6e54f6af)

Code downloads and runs the remote executable. While the current link seems not to work, the previous versions had an embedded infostealer instead.


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

Campaign: 2025-05-discord-booster

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "alpha-booster",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/alpha-booster"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0",
        "1.1",
        "1.2",
        "1.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "edef4.pcloud.com"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03515",
        "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:08.826970817Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:13:55Z",
        "sha256": "98b1011117e418ec81af4a63288e744354e3eff71e3e587a1d07905c0a2871c2",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.0",
          "1.1",
          "1.2",
          "1.3"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-discord-booster/alpha-booster",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.899966257Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-29T22:39:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "4e82c59169c5e251a83750ab4b484b1fe04e0d576e49f30ceea9ccafc268d5fb",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-discord-booster/alpha-booster",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.943665478Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-29T22:39:05Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "8fe7614b282cfa81278bc61bde1998e286fe7554c1d37b4c3185718c6e54f6af",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-discord-booster/alpha-booster",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.250367311Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-29T22:39:05Z",
        "sha256": "693579d2cfeb801fd45dcb29a7ecc42dc73ab03cef3e9987c4fa4832706c6c22",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0",
          "1.1",
          "1.2",
          "1.3"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (8fe7614b282cfa81278bc61bde1998e286fe7554c1d37b4c3185718c6e54f6af)\nCode downloads and runs the remote executable. While the current link seems not to work, the previous versions had an embedded infostealer instead.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-discord-booster\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-6431",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
  "published": "2025-05-29T22:39:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/alpha-booster"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in alpha-booster (PyPI)"
}


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