MAL-2024-8025

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    MAL-2024-8025

    Published: 26 Jul 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in puffioner131 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (03e7420ebe17c5b3feef69b274c7b6e57ed2e6913e19a561d7040e3b48e041a2) Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose. 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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest 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. - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation. Source: ossf-package-analysis (d80eb997ae6841c572c88837dc6e194e2e20a5d12b31476f919b29f3b5931788) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'puffioner131' @ 999999991 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/puffioner131

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: puffioner131

    Purl: pkg:pypi/puffioner131

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

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