richcolor

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:53Z","published":"2023-12-25T21:20:47Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2023-8769","summary":"Malicious code in richcolor (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (50d5904bd379a75fd43115d7339df3d79f87ec691026774160b15b8632a9f8ae)\nPackages either test the malicious behaviour, or actually download and run a simple remote script during the installation.\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 & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2023-12-valuent\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\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (56bb0e65516923a383a7382ebe54982b097be00010ac00cd37f83e6a981a8790)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'richcolor' @ 1.0.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"richcolor"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/richcolor"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"ANALYST","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"56bb0e65516923a383a7382ebe54982b097be00010ac00cd37f83e6a981a8790","import_time":"2023-12-29T10:34:33.028463626Z","modified_time":"2023-12-25T21:20:47Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"6d3266b187377d4a361f065c957fca870c2290dbacc3e96df5d10eb8ef428faa","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.373494516Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/richcolor","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"50d5904bd379a75fd43115d7339df3d79f87ec691026774160b15b8632a9f8ae","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.561494599Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/richcolor","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"f085d3afa8cf64f284a176704f18064633164d1e72d29d47bf1eab00460bdbf0","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.664954437Z","id":"pypi/2023-12-valuent/richcolor","modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:03:27Z","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}