MAL-2025-3600

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    MAL-2025-3600

    Published: 26 Jul 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in hello-wordl (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (238c137f1939d99c855ef5fedf6f16b67ac8fcd9087d80270475d3eeff8e8c65) 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 (130b3663b76a97ade6e8b4ac7fd68832b2d953067f5c9f251198e5eca48461e2) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hello-wordl' @ 0.2.0 (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/hello-wordl

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hello-wordl

    Purl: pkg:pypi/hello-wordl

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.0
    MAL-2025-3600 | CVE-DB