mal-2025-1512
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in testresearchpackagedc (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b9a3d67880a7182900acdd5dafdb79bff126438c5538693dbd27c0c0848b2fb3)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (cb6e63a51de79ba3f21f381f82a4f17b1b9627c51173ea1ee6482929813b0511)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'testresearchpackagedc' @ 0.1.6 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "testresearchpackagedc"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.6",
        "0.1.0",
        "0.1.2",
        "0.1.3",
        "0.1.4",
        "0.1.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2025-02-21T17:05:14.825139069Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-02-21T17:00:50Z",
        "sha256": "cb6e63a51de79ba3f21f381f82a4f17b1b9627c51173ea1ee6482929813b0511",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.6"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testresearchpackagedc",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.449614514Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "93f70e79a91cdc433890cbb2af2356854c11d23ae7255e7d2e5abdfbc8b45fbc",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testresearchpackagedc",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.633846074Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "b9a3d67880a7182900acdd5dafdb79bff126438c5538693dbd27c0c0848b2fb3",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testresearchpackagedc",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.737141261Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "222c9aab133960ef3a9bc2b06322e8631c93e736b5983572730387ffc09ceae2",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0",
          "0.1.2",
          "0.1.3",
          "0.1.4",
          "0.1.6",
          "0.1.5"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/testresearchpackagedc",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.357262032Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "c5c4116e65563422a5bfc464d57acdfb88b55d91e4024fcd766b6d82ad0e090d",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1.0",
          "0.1.2",
          "0.1.3",
          "0.1.4",
          "0.1.5",
          "0.1.6"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b9a3d67880a7182900acdd5dafdb79bff126438c5538693dbd27c0c0848b2fb3)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (cb6e63a51de79ba3f21f381f82a4f17b1b9627c51173ea1ee6482929813b0511)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027testresearchpackagedc\u0027 @ 0.1.6 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-1512",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:16Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/testresearchpackagedc"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in testresearchpackagedc (PyPI)"
}


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