myhexsender

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:53Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2024-12310","summary":"Malicious code in myhexsender (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (551ca9f26ea50e6190623b0bc30ab6836e3d0746d1982d5c28c1b5e0daf914db)\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":"myhexsender"},"versions":["0.1.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/myhexsender"}],"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/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"kam193","sha256":"d2515c34bd9ca9ed0b658fd5247aee4d851383e00c6954e02077c581a6f2fe5e","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.232092302Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/myhexsender","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"551ca9f26ea50e6190623b0bc30ab6836e3d0746d1982d5c28c1b5e0daf914db","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.417284785Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/myhexsender","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"25e8e6d55820114610d420834fa3db9a18e49cb568ee71781fba1bcb7f0e9e56","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.537926893Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/myhexsender","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.1.0"]}]}}