mal-2025-6524
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-09 20:14
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in initer (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (d2aac1e40660cbe4323a93d03087f3b9a2d596a5dcfcf2bae3cb0a2ab37cf646)
File is designed to download, hide under system-like name, and run a remote executable, widely identified as malicious.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-pyiniter
Reasons (based on the campaign):
-
infostealer
-
Downloads and executes a remote executable.
Credits
ReversingLabs
www.reversinglabs.com
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "initer",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/initer"
},
"versions": [
"0.2.1",
"0.2.2",
"0.2.5",
"0.2.6"
]
}
],
"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://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sierftgddfgrth/win32dll/main/win32dll.exe"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2025-03617",
"import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:11.848733674Z",
"modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:15:20Z",
"sha256": "d861b2940416441d955f0078fd9ba3c35223bfce822fc68aea70992eaeff8ef1",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.2.1",
"0.2.2",
"0.2.5",
"0.2.6"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-pyiniter/initer",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.272800406Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-09T20:14:13Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "f45885faecd0182d82ca81d8adaf52a442b0f493b06eb7b74e8252ab4f009305",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-pyiniter/initer",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.296967663Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-09T20:14:13Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "d2aac1e40660cbe4323a93d03087f3b9a2d596a5dcfcf2bae3cb0a2ab37cf646",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-05-pyiniter/initer",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.543740644Z",
"modified_time": "2025-05-09T20:14:13Z",
"sha256": "21397f251ca4fbd591f60ad9a363777197cfd0746788a1c23854abbbe948bb6b",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.2.1",
"0.2.2",
"0.2.5",
"0.2.6"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d2aac1e40660cbe4323a93d03087f3b9a2d596a5dcfcf2bae3cb0a2ab37cf646)\nFile is designed to download, hide under system-like name, and run a remote executable, widely identified as malicious.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-pyiniter\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-6524",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:53Z",
"published": "2025-05-09T20:14:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "EVIDENCE",
"url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/fbb53fbf45d3ec579d4273ae95e8c833f12d66a2111633d65edb1e42513addc6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/M2YwMDg3ZDUyOWFlZjIxY2RlMTE2ODQwMmJmMmU2MDE6MTc0ODU2MTExMQ=="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/initer"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in initer (PyPI)"
}
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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