packagemurder

{"modified":"2025-12-11T09:27:53Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-4700","summary":"Malicious code in packagemurder (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (0245dc4dcc2cb31e6eb932d557081b0ef9dc493765b8f56d1fd61fdf70fb207a)\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\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (e440f8eb662e7ce167b261bb84b822226ee7bfc8348cbcf3db8e8a65d4dd7825)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'packagemurder' @ 23.99.0 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"packagemurder"},"versions":["23.99.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/packagemurder"}],"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":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"e440f8eb662e7ce167b261bb84b822226ee7bfc8348cbcf3db8e8a65d4dd7825","import_time":"2025-06-05T20:05:57.783727628Z","modified_time":"2025-06-05T19:41:07Z","versions":["23.99.0"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"6dd251d3cd9d58cfb2152f0524c582468816953e32ddc89698f411a14ae90761","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:56.286643826Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/packagemurder","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0245dc4dcc2cb31e6eb932d557081b0ef9dc493765b8f56d1fd61fdf70fb207a","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.473625888Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/packagemurder","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"57be730f23b80bbe3c5ba4993b764e3dbd8d9b0fadbd5198e0f8988d1cc8d627","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.589862381Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/packagemurder","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["23.99.0"]}]}}