MAL-2024-11568

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    MAL-2024-11568

    Published: 28 Sept 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in cryptograohy (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (67095679f8af3205e005b17a996da2ba17789715d7c66e4fcf31d8c387b85c00) The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path. 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: 2024-09-pyprettifier Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package - action-hidden-in-lib-usage - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. Source: ossf-package-analysis (69c9f05e42e277434eb37e4dddb268f3144eb27cb1de261c86cd396f7b1c9d14) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cryptograohy' @ 0.5.6 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cryptograohy

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cryptograohy

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.5.6
    0.5.7
    0.5.8
    0.5.9