mal-2025-1512
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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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)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.