mal-2025-998
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-11-29 13:03
Modified
2025-12-11 09:27
Summary
Malicious code in trove4j (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0)

Importing the module triggers sending out the hostname to the package author. It looks to be a placeholder/pentest activity related to BytedDance.


Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2024-11-0wn-sh

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.

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "trove4j",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/trove4j"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": {
      "domains": [
        "0wn.sh"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2025-00539",
        "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:10.072414502Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:08:01Z",
        "sha256": "9c18f5370b5400f7a98f098e11832e4de4522532ae31581643a9cb457d746894",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.472388733Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "5e606c73142c693ff25bdb051de53e863e37ac4ea4740abe54eefea7be0896cf",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.656256154Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.75314547Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
        "sha256": "e1b5575c0858eb262f70c8dd8a3f395deac7292d3ed0315d13fb47ec5d353794",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.1"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0)\nImporting the module triggers sending out the hostname to the package author. It looks to be a placeholder/pentest activity related to BytedDance.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-11-0wn-sh\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",
  "id": "MAL-2025-998",
  "modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:54Z",
  "published": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trove4j"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in trove4j (PyPI)"
}


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