MAL-2025-1512

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    MAL-2025-1512

    Published: 26 Jul 2024Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in testresearchpackagedc (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (b9a3d67880a7182900acdd5dafdb79bff126438c5538693dbd27c0c0848b2fb3) 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 (cb6e63a51de79ba3f21f381f82a4f17b1b9627c51173ea1ee6482929813b0511) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'testresearchpackagedc' @ 0.1.6 (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/testresearchpackagedc

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: testresearchpackagedc

    Purl: pkg:pypi/testresearchpackagedc

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.6
    0.1.0
    0.1.2
    0.1.3
    0.1.4
    0.1.5
    MAL-2025-1512 | CVE-DB