mal-2024-11555
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2024-07-26 16:53
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in chain00x (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (56ebf0633819f86071043ba5f849ae335481e8f606345b5441408cd4bf0c754d)

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.



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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "chain00x",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/chain00x"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.9",
        "1",
        "0.1",
        "0.6",
        "0.2",
        "0.5",
        "1.0"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "REPORTER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://www.reversinglabs.com"
      ],
      "name": "ReversingLabs",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "RLMA-2024-11001",
        "import_time": "2024-12-09T14:38:42.176627949Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-12-09T06:49:58Z",
        "sha256": "a275349c0c0fa10c5e3d285925fdea490f33138befbf7412a8d7875743c72303",
        "source": "reversing-labs",
        "versions": [
          "0.9",
          "1"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.938247008Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "83795be7813d595fe57365d18882741f457977287ebc2c64ccb8602b8b2eb470",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x",
        "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.127633137Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "56ebf0633819f86071043ba5f849ae335481e8f606345b5441408cd4bf0c754d",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x",
        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.26278087Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "a861a1b1fd666a56f3bd2d891aee1cfb5eccbea2e6fc2c6a49f3aaf85d53c69a",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1",
          "0.6",
          "0.2",
          "0.5",
          "0.9",
          "1.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/chain00x",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.273312545Z",
        "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
        "sha256": "a33040f7c4319171644463079fc90e1893782ae584d157a1e9f40f1f4d4293ba",
        "source": "kam193",
        "versions": [
          "0.1",
          "0.2",
          "0.5",
          "0.6",
          "0.9",
          "1.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (56ebf0633819f86071043ba5f849ae335481e8f606345b5441408cd4bf0c754d)\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",
  "id": "MAL-2024-11555",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/chain00x"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in chain00x (PyPI)"
}


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