MAL-2025-191708

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    MAL-2025-191708

    Published: 14 Jul 2025Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in crto5 (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (3a906f74f9672d68f42311985b67b1076e3b02caf14d8366b703d3331ff5897b) Importing the module starts downloading or decrypting, and then executing an executable being a wide recognized malware/Infostealer (Redline family) Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2025-07-crpt Reasons (based on the campaign): - infostealer - Downloads and executes a remote executable. - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - exfiltration-crypto - malware

    References: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/eb7f339a21ac7d8a5f530ba0d7278e2e5f64ee039b200c2f4ee9b98bbfad1ba6, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/crto5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: crto5

    Purl: pkg:pypi/crto5

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.0
    MAL-2025-191708 | CVE-DB