MAL-2024-11668

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    MAL-2024-11668

    Published: 16 Nov 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in pycalculater (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (84e239de4d2d6d9652a78ead4c1ebb6b3f4952aeb54dc51dc30765eaaf806368) During installation, a remote, obfuscated executable is downloaded and started. The executable at least disables automated updates, malware protection and other security mechanisms. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-11-discconnect Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - modify-system-without-consent

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pycalculater

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pycalculater

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1
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