c8test

{"modified":"2026-03-19T12:23:25Z","published":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2025-5099","summary":"Malicious code in c8test (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (b94beda1abe6cca6b53ac1891e3a3baea95df1b8c260dd9f4ea15998e26391b9)\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":"c8test","purl":"pkg:pypi/c8test"},"versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/c8test"}],"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":"16205c7e25e37679811ad0f17c4819981dbb4e36c0cb4aa6a587003fd5b152f1","import_time":"2025-06-18T15:05:59.542239823Z","id":"RLMA-2025-02996","modified_time":"2025-06-18T10:15:02Z","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"867c8da2c1a89ddba6aa78c7149bab716bf6500fa707888026657f471bc3353a","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.921767069Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8test","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"b94beda1abe6cca6b53ac1891e3a3baea95df1b8c260dd9f4ea15998e26391b9","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:19.113533727Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8test","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"0cd4c9d820b432a67a17625f9216b5108646ea5529a20356f5dc71b434c58447","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:58.245279525Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8test","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.0.3","0.0.2","0.0.1"]},{"source":"kam193","sha256":"cd35f8b9677dc41a9b173444dc9ea9bbfe97e16be503a30d9ec16d08bfd1276a","import_time":"2025-12-30T22:39:04.270988203Z","id":"pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/c8test","modified_time":"2024-07-26T16:53:30Z","versions":["0.0.1","0.0.2","0.0.3"]},{"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"1e9004346c91109cc4292bae9c651f18cdc06b3472bd50ecf8f450e1daa97a84","import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:32.191649289Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00175","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:12:13Z"}]}}