mal-0000-kam193-1918134ca56ca1e6
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-22 20:38
Modified
2024-07-22 20:38
Summary
Pentesting or research code in popeye-xyz (PyPI)
Details

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: 2024-01-moye-moye

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • exfiltration-ssh-keys

  • exfiltration-env-variables

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.



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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "popeye-xyz"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "ANALYST"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2024-01-moye-moye/popeye-xyz",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.609052347Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-22T20:38:38Z",
        "sha256": "1918134ca56ca1e6aeec18abb5cc6b7905809dab37df47f960118fa0daab23c5",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "1.0.4"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-01-moye-moye\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - exfiltration-ssh-keys\n\n\n - exfiltration-env-variables\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n",
  "id": "",
  "modified": "2024-07-22T20:38:38Z",
  "published": "2024-07-22T20:38:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/popeye-xyz"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Pentesting or research code in popeye-xyz (PyPI)"
}


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