MAL-2025-998

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/trove4j/MAL-2025-998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-998
Published
2024-11-29T13:03:21Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:43:38.136332Z
Summary
Malicious code in trove4j (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0)

Importing the module triggers sending out the hostname to the package author. It looks to be a placeholder/pentest activity related to BytedDance.

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: 2024-11-0wn-sh

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.
Database specific 
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    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-02-03T17:08:01Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "id": "RLMA-2025-00539",
            "sha256": "9c18f5370b5400f7a98f098e11832e4de4522532ae31581643a9cb457d746894",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-02-03T18:38:10.072414502Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "5e606c73142c693ff25bdb051de53e863e37ac4ea4740abe54eefea7be0896cf",
            "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:56.472388733Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "d9c0dbfcd94c11b086cf83f69796c321829bdd64c2ebe53d8f74a72d46e465b0",
            "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.656256154Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2024-11-29T13:03:21Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-11-0wn-sh/trove4j",
            "sha256": "e1b5575c0858eb262f70c8dd8a3f395deac7292d3ed0315d13fb47ec5d353794",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.75314547Z"
        }
    ],
    "iocs": {
        "domains": [
            "0wn.sh"
        ]
    }
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / trove4j

Package

Name
trove4j
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Purl
pkg:pypi/trove4j

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.1