MAL-2025-998

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    MAL-2025-998

    Published: 29 Nov 2024Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in trove4j (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0) Importing the module triggers sending out the hostname to the package author. It looks to be a placeholder/pentest activity related to BytedDance. 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: 2024-11-0wn-sh 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.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/trove4j

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: trove4j

    Purl: pkg:pypi/trove4j

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.1