MAL-2024-9269

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/posi/MAL-2024-9269.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-9269
Published
2024-10-07T13:23:16Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:41:39Z
Summary
Malicious code in posi (PyPI)
Details

The package contains code to download and execute a reverse shell script.

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Source: kam193 (9eff1140edfe020fe3ef5905579f5e5d74a8cd0638332576041513ce894eb27e)

When imported, the package download and runs a remote stage - a reverse shell. To mask activity, the remote domain is made to mimic PyPI host: files[.]pythonhosted[.]ru

Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

Campaign: 2024-10-innostage

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.
Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "files.pythonhosted.ru",
            "pythonhosted.ru",
            "files.inostage.ru"
        ],
        "urls": [
            "http://files.pythonhosted.ru/56788.txt",
            "http://files.pythonhosted.ru/56789.txt"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-10-innostage/posi",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.434112629Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-10-07T13:23:16Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "48202022f68c7c68abbb49259a46356472746e1e7e5077f7933e32b7a8997aba",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-10-innostage/posi",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.457443588Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-10-07T13:23:16Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "9eff1140edfe020fe3ef5905579f5e5d74a8cd0638332576041513ce894eb27e",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-10-innostage/posi",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.672564963Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-10-07T13:23:16Z",
            "sha256": "9509649c045b2e10dc41d0750650abb04f99301a38aa1382460bbaddd22a3940",
            "source": "kam193",
            "versions": [
                "7.0.6"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / posi

Package

Name
posi
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Purl
pkg:pypi/posi

Affected ranges

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.6

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/posi/MAL-2024-9269.json"