MAL-2024-11668
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MAL-2024-11668
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
References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/Y2IyYmNjMjNlNjdmNzYwMmM0M2RkYjk4ZTliODllN2Y6MTczMTc5NzYxMg==, https://tria.ge/241116-2zm18awbpe, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pycalculater
Affected packages
Package
Name: pycalculater
Purl: pkg:pypi/pycalculater
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
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