MAL-2023-8764

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    MAL-2023-8764

    Published: 25 Dec 2023Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in excaliburx (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (1d763da65172935a20c3b03c65deff16a2eb251d857d1fc34e4cc67b72f7610a) Packages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation. 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: 2023-12-valuent 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. - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. Source: ossf-package-analysis (9aa03155d8305b625aecdc1871776dc46f0c76e1fefd1a86c14b0198272f16a3) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'excaliburx' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/excaliburx

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: excaliburx

    Purl: pkg:pypi/excaliburx

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
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