MAL-2024-12277

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/get-time-zzs/MAL-2024-12277.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12277
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:40.455145Z
Summary
Malicious code in get-time-zzs (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (32b5c264a16b0327f601265edb8f3d69b915695ab82d184c724d5e79d32d3f11)

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": "37171da75e6eab854e89ac3bdc689bfa23d045ed62027dddfa8ea791d33dcb8a",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/get-time-zzs",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.057438339Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "32b5c264a16b0327f601265edb8f3d69b915695ab82d184c724d5e79d32d3f11",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/get-time-zzs",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.247868112Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "41f2a2bf3cee14716688ef3074e5e6c74f3492e3870967b34c414a09d7a9f84b",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/get-time-zzs",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.4"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.389811559Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / get-time-zzs

Package

Name
get-time-zzs
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Purl
pkg:pypi/get-time-zzs

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/get-time-zzs/MAL-2024-12277.json"