MAL-2024-12282

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    MAL-2024-12282

    Published: 24 Dec 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in handyfiles (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (381cd796d4e5fce8fb62c337374b5303e0b2466d67467efc95cbc4d7d8248dd4) During the installation, the package iterates its files and attempts to import a hidden module - which is embedded as ZIP archive in the image file Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-12-handyfiles Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. - obfuscation

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: handyfiles

    Purl: pkg:pypi/handyfiles

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.1
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