scrambleeer

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14350","published":"2026-08-21T09:31:52Z","modified":"2026-08-23T03:27:45.531750126Z","summary":"Malicious code in scrambleeer (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (7eb0e96b324df04d5ecaf0739dec60dcb2367a26def0e713519c51e24ee790df)\nThe package advertises a numeric shuffle utility but its sole public function scrambleeer() opens a TCP socket to bax.h4x.tv on port 6363, dup2's the socket over stdin/stdout/stderr, and spawns /bin/bash via pty. Invoking the documented API therefore hands an interactive shell on the caller's host to the operator of bax.h4x.tv. The payload is compressed onto a single semicolon-separated line inside an otherwise innocuous shuffle routine, concealing the backdoor from casual review.\n\n## Source: kam193 (52d5b1e99e57b038247cf3b7f86a7514e75275a095ca3f3cf044d80cbe999472)\nWhen using the provided library, the code starts a reverse shell to a hardcoded location.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-08-scrambleeer\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"scrambleeer","ecosystem":"PyPI"},"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"},{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"src/scrambleeer/core.py","sha256":"8ac525d0e0ed5c5c23636dab104ddb6e2848a873bfb1c24cfb62061e7c16841b","tlsh":"1f01b85bfe13348d77f54dbe60e86012616e1d837778042838684bac2f2365cb9f0b09"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"scrambleeer-0.1.1-py3-none-any.whl","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"39216151526f4fb69ce19325fc62e397da8275d52b636c09ed0e1f36696f7d5b","md5":"31d5d17fa61ccc05f0ff9c36f574bdad","sha256":"10d5938322cf598c05c6ae0fd0414eab70fc6fbb2071d6e339cbb95655e782c6"}},{"filename":"scrambleeer-0.1.1.tar.gz","hashes":{"blake2b_256":"ed63d76ef895a73c0cc331671328def31f47fcfe26ec09925325e3a015d5aa14","md5":"04f587595f8e3cc80e5aa29c95b67097","sha256":"834ad864bb98a84e53e152fd74e785d41613e7f4b546a2c53776213e35fc23a8"}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/scrambleeer"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/scrambleeer/0.1.1/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/scrambleeer/0.1.0/"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["bax.h4x.tv"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-08-scrambleeer/scrambleeer","import_time":"2026-08-21T09:48:18.552620104Z","modified_time":"2026-08-21T09:31:52.81389Z","sha256":"52d5b1e99e57b038247cf3b7f86a7514e75275a095ca3f3cf044d80cbe999472","source":"kam193","versions":["0.1.0","0.1.1"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018504","import_time":"2026-08-21T14:47:43.335651215Z","modified_time":"2026-08-21T14:24:50Z","sha256":"7eb0e96b324df04d5ecaf0739dec60dcb2367a26def0e713519c51e24ee790df","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.1.1"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018521","import_time":"2026-08-23T03:25:51.627381558Z","modified_time":"2026-08-23T03:07:36Z","sha256":"93a5fb5bdaf11c095ec283223e6ca464e5c43afa6e4b1224c72e96f8f85a2f7d","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["0.1.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"}]}