MAL-2024-9270

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    MAL-2024-9270

    Published: 7 Oct 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in ptsecurity (PyPI)

    Details: The package contains code to download and execute a reverse shell script. Source: kam193 (a67d1a04a247e897d3da239f3ff95a95284282eb6bb38c266273167e4419b9c1) When imported, the package download and runs a remote stage - a reverse shell. To mask activity, the remote domain is made to mimic PyPI host: files[.]pythonhosted[.]ru Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2024-10-innostage Reasons (based on the campaign): - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ptsecurity

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ptsecurity

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.0.6