MAL-2024-12214

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/basic-arithmetics/MAL-2024-12214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12214
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2026-03-17T23:01:35.570835Z
Summary
Malicious code in basic-arithmetics (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (a4b7ea06431a2127d9e1dd55c10c2182300c69f49150becb9536a94503acaadc)

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": [
        {
            "sha256": "0dd77bb2a4ad03b3478bb954065e8fa3a6afb83dda5d68c088f9db7199be1308",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/basic-arithmetics",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.877485856Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "a4b7ea06431a2127d9e1dd55c10c2182300c69f49150becb9536a94503acaadc",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/basic-arithmetics",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.060753775Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "75423155f8f518e7f8ffc9bba26ceb02d5c76df981037dc6d0804b82f7b52e18",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/basic-arithmetics",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.200232059Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "6352dda5a4aaeb793aef7a32d269d89f6bd4d48eb0e186b3bda1a3fffcab179b",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/basic-arithmetics",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-03-17T22:46:38.474623203Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / basic-arithmetics

Package

Name
basic-arithmetics
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Purl
pkg:pypi/basic-arithmetics

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/basic-arithmetics/MAL-2024-12214.json"