nvidia-clara-sim

{"modified":"2025-12-31T02:45:15Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-10315","summary":"Malicious code in nvidia-clara-sim (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35)\nInstalling the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.\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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest\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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'nvidia-clara-sim' @ 999 (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":"nvidia-clara-sim"},"versions":["999","0.0.0a0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/nvidia-clara-sim"}],"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":"071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f","import_time":"2024-11-03T15:34:06.755748873Z","modified_time":"2024-11-03T15:10:44Z","versions":["999"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0c3253fc14e9a2437aa9a20681b09f89a98de25dad208d585867c157ce1f81b7","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.260002677Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.445566353Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"1a66ac5499a042e2419c44c7d3256e8b7776c2571156dc87e8ae6831fea5f310","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.559622632Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["999","0.0.0a0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"291be00c2896afd64c01cf6c5e3648f86cd14f4c9ba5421039f735f9da9dd2a0","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.324183678Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.0.0a0","999"]}]}}