mal-0000-kam193-fa2b68b5159c5a57
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-06-28 20:25
Modified
2024-06-28 20:25
Summary
Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)
Details

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: baidu-readver

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.


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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "importlib-metadate"
      },
      "versions": [
        "99.9",
        "99.99"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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/baidu-readver/importlib-metadate",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.542747603Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
        "sha256": "fa2b68b5159c5a57f42a3cc0b11555eccc9a75c75d1920f9511e5d35964500ad",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "99.9",
          "99.99"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: baidu-readver\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n",
  "id": "",
  "modified": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
  "published": "2024-06-28T20:25:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/importlib-metadate"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in importlib-metadate (PyPI)"
}


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