MAL-2024-12325

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pitest115/MAL-2024-12325.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12325
Published
2024-08-23T22:55:41Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:41:38.989940Z
Summary
Malicious code in pitest115 (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (eafda224bcd5572ef89818a64323563992432421a36cdec585dee3dc0a04469c)

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",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "fdb5ac225762e61ca928ab4bee0346603c887b15b4a05add961d66b2ff87ead2",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest115",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.299935814Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "eafda224bcd5572ef89818a64323563992432421a36cdec585dee3dc0a04469c",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest115",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.488224213Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2024-08-23T22:55:41Z",
            "sha256": "43e61f49065a6e43b3f02a21f0952e3c266bd03c014d2cd0907a391144405128",
            "id": "pypi/GENERIC-simple-tests/pitest115",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.603800649Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / pitest115

Package

Name
pitest115
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Purl
pkg:pypi/pitest115

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/pitest115/MAL-2024-12325.json"