mal-2024-10315
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in nvidia-clara-sim (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35)

Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


Category: 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.

Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'nvidia-clara-sim' @ 999 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.




{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nvidia-clara-sim"
      },
      "versions": [
        "999",
        "0.0.0a0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "ANALYST"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
        "https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
      ],
      "name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2024-11-03T15:34:06.755748873Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-11-03T15:10:44Z",
        "sha256": "071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f",
        "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
        "versions": [
          "999"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.260002677Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "0c3253fc14e9a2437aa9a20681b09f89a98de25dad208d585867c157ce1f81b7",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.445566353Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.559622632Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "1a66ac5499a042e2419c44c7d3256e8b7776c2571156dc87e8ae6831fea5f310",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "999",
          "0.0.0a0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.324183678Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "291be00c2896afd64c01cf6c5e3648f86cd14f4c9ba5421039f735f9da9dd2a0",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.0.0a0",
          "999"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35)\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 \u0026 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 (071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027nvidia-clara-sim\u0027 @ 999 (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",
  "id": "MAL-2024-10315",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/nvidia-clara-sim"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in nvidia-clara-sim (PyPI)"
}


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