MAL-2024-9943

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/artindex/MAL-2024-9943.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-9943
Published
2024-09-04T21:25:32Z
Modified
2026-03-19T12:50:28.627306Z
Summary
Malicious code in artindex (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (3f19c3c0f0a7d0edd2a53f7c3879706561e0e7d4596b11e9eebbb1d896e90a46)

Importing a module starts downloading and executing an infostealer, widely identified by AV/sandboxes.

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

Campaign: 2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-10-16T14:36:27Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "43e28265c681527f9fce301e8996e038f3a92428bc79a904aaca45d5c9a76aae",
            "id": "RLMA-2024-07830",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2024-10-24T00:56:53.449365672Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-09-04T21:25:32Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "bed327e8caef3b60190d483d0632f4ffe8ff26e799409916ac92eff6d0af43bc",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.941129042Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-09-04T21:25:32Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "3f19c3c0f0a7d0edd2a53f7c3879706561e0e7d4596b11e9eebbb1d896e90a46",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.980362923Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-09-04T21:25:32Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "733a00a1f3e74a670bf1afdff9384072ddc0a0f3dc11b16fbdc1d6419028e873",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager/artindex",
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.285842751Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-03-18T12:11:11Z",
            "sha256": "78b0816ef009c11859a182f87083c9591ba7c286bd5bc8dbcaab7a403dbb5b10",
            "id": "RLUA-2026-00078",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2026-03-19T12:19:23.565547526Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/howl.exe",
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/menu.exe",
            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/main/code.exe",
            "https://github.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/raw/main/zwerve.exe",
            "https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1276975489780809812/1282787632082059359/zwerve.exe?ex=66e0a094&is=66df4f14&hm=f4604d9783911e770716516e30d4f665214449f46aa2c5a59afc4bda7042bfba&",
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/code.exe",
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/zwerve.exe",
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/CBLines.exe",
            "https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/Anch.exe"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / artindex

Package

Name
artindex
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/artindex

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/artindex/MAL-2024-9943.json"