vfsrce18

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:26Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-4256","summary":"Malicious code in vfsrce18 (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (e469759fd14d2b1207e5da1f724c19e6dc6b2896feaf658ad78c4ad33e3748de)\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":"vfsrce18","purl":"pkg:pypi/vfsrce18"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/vfsrce18"}],"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/"]},{"name":"ReversingLabs","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"3188bad020ceddacc75cd95bfad72021d76e3da5d0d77aee0f801b139f2a8e92","import_time":"2025-05-22T14:06:39.113692416Z","id":"RLMA-2025-02614","modified_time":"2025-05-22T12:33:54Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"836b7cf6d793987cbcfa49089d1555f5331db1ee5debe2b92593be37032922f2","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.489004155Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vfsrce18","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"e469759fd14d2b1207e5da1f724c19e6dc6b2896feaf658ad78c4ad33e3748de","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.670378337Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vfsrce18","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"21cc578b4b539539f080731ad95f6c53689884e7725f675e020cc5419b7d3c60","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.765228801Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/vfsrce18","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"5efe1768ebc6bb8f04405262a670dc71ed34715e4f17126848153ed66593cf6f","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:20:40.663013879Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00891","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:20:12Z"}]}}