system-update-tool

{"modified":"2026-05-03T12:30:31Z","published":"2026-05-03T12:30:31Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-3245","summary":"Malicious code in system-update-tool (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (4902f753d49279adae969f368b995d1ec8990f506dfb70d9c8891098f657ae9b)\nIf run as a module, the code runs code to silently control the device via Telegram bot (execute commands, exfiltrate files).\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-05-system-update-tool\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - persistence\n\n\n - impersonation\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"system-update-tool"},"versions":["1.0.0"]}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/system-update-tool"}],"credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","type":"REPORTER","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"pypi/2026-05-system-update-tool/system-update-tool","import_time":"2026-05-03T12:50:01.207824612Z","modified_time":"2026-05-03T12:30:31.321414Z","sha256":"4902f753d49279adae969f368b995d1ec8990f506dfb70d9c8891098f657ae9b","source":"kam193","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}