MAL-2025-1977

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/hellohackers/MAL-2025-1977.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-1977
Published
2025-02-05T13:44:52Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:39:57.721767Z
Summary
Malicious code in hellohackers (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (63788f1f3223270be7955b619eb09fa7e7f401084e4332ed732d33b522782a37)

File contains a metapreter beacon that runs in the setup.py. Analysed version uses a local IP as the target.

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

Campaign: 2025-02-hellohackers

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 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "c2de01c21a8aa72a0ad26f9f27c1f3897622d0264fd4017c067256ce42d533af",
            "import_time": "2025-03-03T15:07:15.298407434Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-01218",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-03-03T13:44:56Z"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.239959972Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers",
            "sha256": "9e3856f0b40aa18b9020c86248b2322cdcccf971a35bcf2f502cf25d2d38720b",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T13:44:52Z"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.262402433Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers",
            "sha256": "63788f1f3223270be7955b619eb09fa7e7f401084e4332ed732d33b522782a37",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T13:44:52Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d39a526ef9f55702e95ae7871404e884b47fe089c1d11a5aa131114a756435be",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.524980642Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-hellohackers/hellohackers",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.0"
            ],
            "modified_time": "2025-02-05T13:44:52Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / hellohackers

Package

Name
hellohackers
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Purl
pkg:pypi/hellohackers

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.0.0