MAL-2024-12353

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    MAL-2024-12353

    Published: 22 Aug 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in subsys-counter (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d5aa9a3a8888bf731b171ad413a70076df1eff7c362d520f6f3457057aa615f7) Collects basic information about the system, most probably a pentest or bug bounty. Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities. Campaign: 2024-08-byted-22.ax Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: subsys-counter

    Purl: pkg:pypi/subsys-counter

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.8.5
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