instaread

{"modified":"2025-12-31T02:45:15Z","published":"2024-10-06T11:51:02Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-12292","summary":"Malicious code in instaread (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (792748013463fb0303ff6033b47dcb48c23dc944d5075a8859b6997eafd47a56)\nThe file bc2556d1c1ea2a2d00.js contains an AdWare LNKR, this file is included in read_article.html template and effectively used when the user requests to see the downloaded article in the webbrowser (function \"read\" from instaread.py). Note: the template may have been copied from the website, so 'maybe' including adware is unintentional.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-10-old-instaread\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n\n - The package is used to advertise a service or product.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"instaread"},"versions":["0.1.3","0.1.2","0.1.1","0.1.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/bf7d5b37aa1365e5e79376921304dde4767d1055fc62cc898f5b6b02b5607614/detection"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/instaread"}],"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/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"4419f9d8f65e0a5975661e45b684e3a855114386fecdf27178227014b4936661","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.276544894Z","id":"pypi/2024-10-old-instaread/instaread","modified_time":"2024-10-06T11:51:02Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"792748013463fb0303ff6033b47dcb48c23dc944d5075a8859b6997eafd47a56","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.300834606Z","id":"pypi/2024-10-old-instaread/instaread","modified_time":"2024-10-06T11:51:02Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0cf8d254f1c5749f6ddfe72b66f839ba14e41435398f3db183e43d1726eae58f","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.546449056Z","id":"pypi/2024-10-old-instaread/instaread","modified_time":"2024-10-06T11:51:02Z","versions":["0.1.3","0.1.2","0.1.1","0.1.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"44eab4e373a635e4c89555c65855a4dfd9961f838dc8438343392f6d3e5e45ca","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.106544403Z","id":"pypi/2024-10-old-instaread/instaread","modified_time":"2024-10-06T11:51:02Z","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2","0.1.3"]}]}}