MAL-2024-8726

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    MAL-2024-8726

    Published: 29 Aug 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in invokehttp (PyPI)

    Details: The __init__.py contains a call to execute a Base64-encoded script to download a second stage payload. Source: kam193 (e3374942a3d2de4ea1f9444223c351c0ef5356c571a08e8ddb62144f7564def0) In the invokehttp, the __init__.py contains obfuscated code attempting to download and run one of two executables. They are identified as malicious by VT and the tracks of Telegram URLs suggests attempting data exfiltration. The package itself looks like a copy of requests. In flophttp, using exactly the same obfuscation method, the infostealer is directly embeded into package code and exfiltrates data to a telegram channel. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-08-invokehttp Reasons (based on the campaign): - infostealer - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - obfuscation - clones-real-package

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/84ccffd89ef262ce8475801bfc751fec381ee613f38f78b1c0974716ad32bab8, https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/6c2fb04f81fe0631d6765720af92aa9969f10766281fbc32b6f77889b50b87cd, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/invokehttp

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: invokehttp

    Purl: pkg:pypi/invokehttp

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5.5
    2.5.3
    MAL-2024-8726 | CVE-DB