MAL-2024-12284

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hello-world-installer-test/MAL-2024-12284.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12284
Published
2024-07-26T16:53:30Z
Modified
2025-12-31T02:54:04.351681Z
Summary
Malicious code in hello-world-installer-test (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (aef5897e3e41898c7d14d6acf00254f63adbd159b1a9cc9adba26603edee668c)

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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-world-installer-test",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "3ccef0e529a57d2c1635670bf02844ce26bb13912d89e01f036dff47f4b77e77",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.092706674Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-world-installer-test",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "aef5897e3e41898c7d14d6acf00254f63adbd159b1a9cc9adba26603edee668c",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.281218461Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-world-installer-test",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "c1ec7a48600bc9d5b6539bb6366894b7e06694633adba797bf973df8f2afa154",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1",
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.2"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.41850251Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest/hello-world-installer-test",
            "modified_time": "2024-07-26T16:53:30Z",
            "sha256": "7711ec2cea82c401621225ecb4bbd45fcd97938bdbed742129a6d5e36265d799",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0",
                "0.1.1",
                "0.1.2"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-30T22:39:04.294892898Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / hello-world-installer-test

Package

Name
hello-world-installer-test
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Purl
pkg:pypi/hello-world-installer-test

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.1.1
0.1.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hello-world-installer-test/MAL-2024-12284.json"