benign-lib

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2025-10-25T15:44:07Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-191620","summary":"Malicious code in benign-lib (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (09477b048d84611002417894ccb3265d246be0156b096a8b47776960d45e9d3d)\nPackage hides an executable inside, and starts it when imported. The sandbox analysis shows only starting a calculator, which suggests it's a research attempt without a big harm.\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: 2025-10-benign-lib\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - malware\n\n\n - obfuscation\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"benign-lib","purl":"pkg:pypi/benign-lib"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/55d6a867c72897ad721d5b56d3c98dd37fdff119bc06458c45a6a90f05e71096/behavior"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/251025-s3e1cafs3c/behavioral2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/benign-lib"}],"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":"376aeae73b37815142b47e2fba740d180196b7e5f760475ae3333b3e87bc4d70","import_time":"2025-12-02T09:09:36.125262494Z","id":"RLMA-2025-05587","modified_time":"2025-12-01T12:54:05Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"dde05c4a0256dc32b25188e40f8bd2b4d3e3348cea23c0160994d46728c4c6bb","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.880575921Z","id":"pypi/2025-10-benign-lib/benign-lib","modified_time":"2025-10-25T15:44:07.884053Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"09477b048d84611002417894ccb3265d246be0156b096a8b47776960d45e9d3d","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.063999962Z","id":"pypi/2025-10-benign-lib/benign-lib","modified_time":"2025-10-25T15:44:07.884053Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"f6eb37889a0b4202f01adc7be269de32a85f22a72b4b9e490808e94d20f85ff6","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:29.21157571Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00142","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:11:52Z"}]}}