mal-2024-5721
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-06-25 13:40
Modified
2025-12-24 10:09
Summary
Malicious code in pyhttpproxifier (PyPI)
Details
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: kam193 (39705bbe10a91b3e2c4279406418971389f07807bb4544b10fb9710bdc0fb0ef)
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2023-11-update-information-endpoint
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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obfuscation
-
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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typosquatting
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "pyhttpproxifier",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/pyhttpproxifier"
},
"versions": [
"0.9.3",
"0.9.2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"SNYK-PYTHON-PYHTTPPROXIFIER-6139263"
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "ANALYST"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://www.reversinglabs.com"
],
"name": "ReversingLabs",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "RLMA-2024-04507",
"import_time": "2024-06-28T02:50:08.455059843Z",
"modified_time": "2024-06-25T13:40:09Z",
"sha256": "ea9afb1ee122cb2d9ac43a293fbf3fea7c76bab4ec771a45d718d9f5f5176ecb",
"source": "reversing-labs",
"versions": [
"0.9.3",
"0.9.2"
]
},
{
"id": "RLUA-2024-08945",
"import_time": "2024-10-24T00:59:52.167946248Z",
"modified_time": "2024-10-16T14:48:06Z",
"sha256": "dc55c4f27862e384c8f466b8b3ea8a784dd2afb75916767c22f811fe8f7f2163",
"source": "reversing-labs"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/pyhttpproxifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.469003578Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "39d1db7e77e25ff58111cef492a839286cbc3635cd7e50794cf218db3b111286",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/pyhttpproxifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.493746593Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "39705bbe10a91b3e2c4279406418971389f07807bb4544b10fb9710bdc0fb0ef",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2023-11-update-information-endpoint/pyhttpproxifier",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.707844753Z",
"modified_time": "2024-08-09T19:17:59Z",
"sha256": "770fa96aa12f920d2c69a15706cf9b92c331e26693d4bf5c0f13f6d90b0cbda3",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.9.3",
"0.9.2"
]
},
{
"id": "RLUA-2025-06581",
"import_time": "2025-12-24T10:07:36.689475746Z",
"modified_time": "2025-12-23T08:39:26Z",
"sha256": "0c444844511c3332bbb9825a35cddb5b98af27df75ac5c8185a5597df5fbb75b",
"source": "reversing-labs"
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (39705bbe10a91b3e2c4279406418971389f07807bb4544b10fb9710bdc0fb0ef)\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-11-update-information-endpoint\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - typosquatting\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-5721",
"modified": "2025-12-24T10:09:32Z",
"published": "2024-06-25T13:40:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ARTICLE",
"url": "https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/python-packages-leverage-github-to-deploy-fileless-malware-b6c281dea58f"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYHTTPPROXIFIER-6139263"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pyhttpproxifier"
},
{
"type": "ARTICLE",
"url": "https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malware-leveraging-public-infrastructure-like-github-on-the-rise"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in pyhttpproxifier (PyPI)"
}
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