mal-2025-6614
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-07-16 19:46
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in vramx (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (62a5bfc96a523ea6df6a2539bea5f16b48800c1896ef7fb2df344ed0486e6a49)

Installing the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header


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

Campaign: 2025-07-memlib

Reasons (based on the campaign):

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

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • malware


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "vramx",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/vramx"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.6.2",
        "1.6.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
      "urls": [
        "https://image-logo-popup-files.vercel.app/public/image.jpg"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-03713",
        "import_time": "2025-08-01T10:07:14.677615044Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-31T19:16:57Z",
        "sha256": "f7c3b13dd81d9556d87682fcd23b642c8d06e76f69e881687d910d19fa400e4c",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "1.6.2",
          "1.6.3"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/vramx",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.718556897Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:46:51.550616Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "cc227cb6fe3c505ae130ee02622905e256e454ca361401abf8cf8f1fab05466d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/vramx",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.757990188Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:46:51.550616Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "62a5bfc96a523ea6df6a2539bea5f16b48800c1896ef7fb2df344ed0486e6a49",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/vramx",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.927500978Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:46:51.550616Z",
        "sha256": "5d75fb493af32f4d76706c4f6d2390bcb6fc70e8fa9d384e3165aebf27e279f8",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.6.3",
          "1.6.2"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-07-memlib/vramx",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.207222224Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-07-16T19:46:51.550616Z",
        "sha256": "2e77789045263235fc9bcd41e477640b1c94855f2c6c21f53d551d0eacb3f3a8",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.6.2",
          "1.6.3"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (62a5bfc96a523ea6df6a2539bea5f16b48800c1896ef7fb2df344ed0486e6a49)\nInstalling the package triggers a code that looks like downloading a picture, but in fact downloads and starts an executable with malware. Note that file supplied from the URL differs depending on the presence of the special header\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-memlib\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - malware\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-6614",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:16Z",
  "published": "2025-07-16T19:46:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/0fc1e062c521184f7e0c9f23dfdeb5431414e35cb55886e87c5ff5ec92ff4603"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vramx"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in vramx (PyPI)"
}


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