avatar-handler

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:52Z","published":"2025-07-17T19:19:10Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-191685","summary":"Malicious code in avatar-handler (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7)\nCode pretending to handling downloading an image, but in fact is prepared to download and execute a Powershell script image properties. No known usage\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-07-avatar-handler\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"avatar-handler"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/avatar-handler"}],"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":"055e12f86fabffdc9679d65d2e06abe77ff1f1f873beae66d52f14383a03749a","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:54.957554317Z","id":"pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler","modified_time":"2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"c3750cf8fac7fc22334d1fb416e7f3af691425c669829dcc9857abdc1384bbb7","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:17.997852994Z","id":"pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler","modified_time":"2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"4acc9843405411646c0e7096a60589651aa0a5b04a585a02e38ac0a7a88b868b","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.302255177Z","id":"pypi/2025-07-avatar-handler/avatar-handler","modified_time":"2025-07-17T19:19:10.544588Z","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}