MALICIOUS (1) package from Python Package Index.

1. The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

asciidrawing

Affected versions: unspecified (1)

1. Version numbers are currently not tracked. Assume all versions are affected.

Campaign data

Campaign information may not always be 100% accurate for every related package.

Campaign description

During installation, a Discord webhook is used to exfiltrate basic data. The package seems to attempt impersonating the "asciidraw" package (some files and description in setup.py are copied).

The other package, pdf2doc, as well as time correlation suggests the uploader is related to the 2024-09-bondonioanderas-cryptominer campaign as well.

See more details on the campaign page.

basic_exfiltration

The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

clons_real_package

The package is a clone of a real package, but with malicious code added.

dependency-confusion

Campaign targets dependency-confusion.

impersonation

Campaign targets impersonation.

override_install

The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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2. Open Source Insights project, provided by Google.
3. Service from Socket.dev, a cybersecurity company.
4. Spectra Assure Community, a service from ReversingLabs, a cybersecurity company.