MAL-2024-12275

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    MAL-2024-12275

    Published: 3 Dec 2024Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in genz-translator (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (983b5b328e433d81113b3e170f313aba83ae5eff0ecd515fc9865ca3a5be1ee9) Installing the package installs a reverse shell. As the mentioned domain doesn't seem to exist, it may be a test designed for an internal usage Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-12-genz-translator Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: genz-translator

    Purl: pkg:pypi/genz-translator

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9000.0.1
    MAL-2024-12275 | CVE-DB