chain00x

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-11555","summary":"Malicious code in chain00x (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (56ebf0633819f86071043ba5f849ae335481e8f606345b5441408cd4bf0c754d)\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","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"chain00x","purl":"pkg:pypi/chain00x"},"versions":["0.9","1","0.1","0.6","0.2","0.5","1.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chain00x"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"a275349c0c0fa10c5e3d285925fdea490f33138befbf7412a8d7875743c72303","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:42.176627949Z","id":"RLMA-2024-11001","modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:49:58Z","versions":["0.9","1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"83795be7813d595fe57365d18882741f457977287ebc2c64ccb8602b8b2eb470","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.938247008Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"56ebf0633819f86071043ba5f849ae335481e8f606345b5441408cd4bf0c754d","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.127633137Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"a861a1b1fd666a56f3bd2d891aee1cfb5eccbea2e6fc2c6a49f3aaf85d53c69a","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.26278087Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.1","0.6","0.2","0.5","0.9","1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"a33040f7c4319171644463079fc90e1893782ae584d157a1e9f40f1f4d4293ba","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.273312545Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.1","0.2","0.5","0.6","0.9","1.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"e0d593cc10a42ec3b5d60c70f91139027b615762c5e852025b8f81cee5b33d63","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:32.825534805Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00184","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:19Z"}]}}