MAL-2025-73

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MAL-2025-73

Summary: Malicious code in utf-cleaner (PyPI)

Details: Source: kam193 (09b9e5c5deafbf756df5201976fdbdc3c61c10e815234df9aeb32764a3cd9652) During import, the package silently downloads and executes remote code. This code starts a web server in the separate process and listens for commands to execute from a C2 server, as well as periodically sends a beacon to C2 allowing discovery and finishing execution. This package is closely related to Github repository https://github.com/xcummins/tg-outline-seller/ from the same author, where it's used as dependency effectively compromising its users. Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers. Campaign: 2026-03-old-utf-cleaner Reasons (based on the campaign): - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script. - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine. Source: ossf-package-analysis (2f3468ce127ee2c3a221f8b2331c633be1c43772101c4baeca6ab4e47710b9ac) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'utf-cleaner' @ 3.4.1 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

References: https://github.com/xcummins/gits/blob/main/gits/__init__.py#L24-L32, https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/utf-cleaner, https://github.com/xcummins/tg-outline-seller/blob/66e1a1c348e830648d540903eda19518a5a3b8be/requirements.txt#L3