mal-2025-192579
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-12-15 15:24
Modified
2025-12-29 11:08
Summary
Malicious code in smtblib (PyPI)
Details
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Source: kam193 (15a295f1d98fcbbdd6a077bc3a849966ca3f73919c0d47e58948ff382481e5b6)
Malicious copy of a standard library module that during class initialization downloads and executes remote code and after that attempts to cover its tracks by overwriting itself with non-malicious code. The remote code aims to collect and exfiltrate sensitive Telegram session files.
This campaign shares infrastructure and basic methods with previous 2025-11-uzip campaign.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-12-smtblib
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
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infostealer
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target:telegram
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exfiltration-credentials
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action-hidden-in-lib-usage
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covering-tracks
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clones-real-package
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typosquatting
Credits
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "smtblib"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.8",
"0.1.9"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "REPORTER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"ips": [
"87.120.107.132"
],
"urls": [
"http://87.120.107.132:3301/reactor",
"http://87.120.107.132:1488/drill",
"http://87.120.107.132:1488/drip"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2025-12-smtblib/smtblib",
"import_time": "2025-12-15T16:09:58.124370721Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-15T15:24:47.925085Z",
"sha256": "15a295f1d98fcbbdd6a077bc3a849966ca3f73919c0d47e58948ff382481e5b6",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.8"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-12-smtblib/smtblib",
"import_time": "2025-12-15T20:08:14.979212651Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-15T19:54:36.926709Z",
"sha256": "8f293710c6c269b679abd0ea8af0d9fd6f5ed2604f0e610a89baa9a0c769e980",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.8",
"0.1.9"
]
},
{
"id": "pypi/2025-12-smtblib/smtblib",
"import_time": "2025-12-29T11:07:13.545369573Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-15T19:54:36.926709Z",
"sha256": "16144127ff973bbc911f4fd6fce8480d291aaeb526dec941bd80e03d93994ee4",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.8",
"0.1.9"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (15a295f1d98fcbbdd6a077bc3a849966ca3f73919c0d47e58948ff382481e5b6)\nMalicious copy of a standard library module that during class initialization downloads and executes remote code and after that attempts to cover its tracks by overwriting itself with non-malicious code. The remote code aims to collect and exfiltrate sensitive Telegram session files.\n\nThis campaign shares infrastructure and basic methods with previous 2025-11-uzip campaign.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-12-smtblib\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n\n - infostealer\n\n\n - target:telegram\n\n\n - exfiltration-credentials\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - covering-tracks\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - typosquatting\n",
"id": "MAL-2025-192579",
"modified": "2025-12-29T11:08:56Z",
"published": "2025-12-15T15:24:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/smtblib"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in smtblib (PyPI)"
}
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Nomenclature
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