MAL-2024-11575

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    MAL-2024-11575

    Published: 27 Nov 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in dftester-pip (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (2e23c327cc9243e5437e6b31224c6796b90399065b451269641911b1d1982483) Example package with overwritten install command and the reverse shell 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: 2024-11-dftester-pip Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dftester-pip

    Purl: pkg:pypi/dftester-pip

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.1
    MAL-2024-11575 | CVE-DB