mal-2025-191785
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2025-05-09 08:09
Modified
2025-12-31 02:45
Summary
Malicious code in matlab-cli (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (ff0a277d45885a5c1a26f027495e73b5e0aa8b49c7ee3eeafd06cc14e6e8f754)

Importing the module starts a reverse shell

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2025-05-matlab-cli

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • impersonation

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

  • obfuscation



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        "name": "matlab-cli"
      },
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        "0.8",
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        "0.9.1",
        "0.9.2",
        "1.0"
      ]
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  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://github.com/kam193",
        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
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        "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
      ],
      "name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
      "type": "REPORTER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "ips": [
        "35.219.55.10"
      ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-matlab-cli/matlab-cli",
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        "modified_time": "2025-05-09T08:09:20Z",
        "ranges": [
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              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "1bbbf182e70efaa8e13a47edbbb8ad9338bb3fc3cfe54cf8a2c4ac83fde1f3d2",
        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
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        ],
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        "source": "kam193"
      },
      {
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        "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.585549354Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-09T08:09:20Z",
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          "0.6",
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          "0.7",
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          "0.8",
          "0.9",
          "0.9.1",
          "0.9.2",
          "1.0"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "pypi/2025-05-matlab-cli/matlab-cli",
        "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.126891636Z",
        "modified_time": "2025-05-09T08:09:20Z",
        "sha256": "aec89a6a20203e70e79b9a1ddae471719032ab48c3faa1bc2ba01249322e068f",
        "source": "kam193",
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          "0.2",
          "0.3",
          "0.4",
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          "0.6",
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          "0.8",
          "0.9",
          "0.9.1",
          "0.9.2",
          "1.0"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (ff0a277d45885a5c1a26f027495e73b5e0aa8b49c7ee3eeafd06cc14e6e8f754)\nImporting the module starts a reverse shell\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2025-05-matlab-cli\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - impersonation\n\n\n - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n",
  "id": "MAL-2025-191785",
  "modified": "2025-12-31T02:45:15Z",
  "published": "2025-05-09T08:09:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/matlab-cli"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in matlab-cli (PyPI)"
}


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