MAL-2024-10315

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/nvidia-clara-sim/MAL-2024-10315.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-10315
Published
2024-07-26T16:53:30Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:40:35.564309Z
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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "071cb3befb8e9410c2cdcfa9b987c7ea2628335c45e90dccf0b21b651d6ae71f",
            "import_time": "2024-11-03T15:34:06.755748873Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "modified_time": "2024-11-03T15:10:44Z",
            "versions": [
                "999"
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "0c3253fc14e9a2437aa9a20681b09f89a98de25dad208d585867c157ce1f81b7",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.260002677Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "c71c25349ac9885da40fc765909e2c5fdcfb90a2ed9424ab5a3f070c74597a35",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.445566353Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "1a66ac5499a042e2419c44c7d3256e8b7776c2571156dc87e8ae6831fea5f310",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.559622632Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/nvidia-clara-sim",
            "versions": [
                "999",
                "0.0.0a0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / nvidia-clara-sim

Package

Name
nvidia-clara-sim
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Purl
pkg:pypi/nvidia-clara-sim

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.0.0a0

Other

999