MAL-2024-12211

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/azure-projects/MAL-2024-12211.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12211
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:36:14.182983Z
Summary
Malicious code in azure-projects (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (aa8974ecfad0d7fc824d50482bd3fb2954373e3b2227d1adc2220bc309c258f1)

Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.

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-simple-tests

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/azure-projects",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "43fa8767344a908efd607450386494a59fe61a41159c66496d310638159885a7",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.872063162Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/azure-projects",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "aa8974ecfad0d7fc824d50482bd3fb2954373e3b2227d1adc2220bc309c258f1",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.055504957Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/azure-projects",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "b72a7f6073a12857698409f9ee0c15aeab3a99dc737202bb0e298ce868ba4b1f",
            "versions": [
                "0.1a0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.195085297Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / azure-projects

Package

Name
azure-projects
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Purl
pkg:pypi/azure-projects

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1a0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/azure-projects/MAL-2024-12211.json"