MAL-2024-12342

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    MAL-2024-12342

    Published: 14 Dec 2024Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in rwoka (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (601385385b682f6bdaa31c763e64c5fafb16f22df60acd266c9c7f23f73208ee) The package contains highly obfuscated content, that install another, downloaded from a remote location obfuscated script in the installation path of the 'requests' package, and marks it as a hidden system file. In addition, another file contains a code that imitates doing some meaningful activity. Later attempts hide the malicious code in a separated package, downloaded from Test PyPI. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-12-httpfluent Reasons (based on the campaign): - obfuscation - modify-system-without-consent - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rwoka

    Purl: pkg:pypi/rwoka

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.2
    0.1.1
    0.1.3