{"id":"MAL-2024-11576","summary":"Malicious code in discconnect (PyPI)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (cd96a216a1790b73568af638b97003c7abd1f502c962137cd1084fb48ebcca64)\nDuring installation, a remote, obfuscated executable is downloaded and started. The executable at least disables automated updates, malware protection and other security mechanisms.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-11-discconnect\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - typosquatting\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - modify-system-without-consent\n","modified":"2026-03-19T13:02:17.306992Z","published":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","database_specific":{"iocs":{"urls":["https://filetransfer.io/data-package/MG85ggQt/download"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2024-12-09T06:50:07Z","versions":["0.1","0.2","0.4","0.5"],"source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"91c782a1506ffdfc72660332a03b6a0c66759e06754d3ff90c9b87d36a836cd1","import_time":"2024-12-09T14:38:43.176181522Z","id":"RLMA-2024-11024"},{"sha256":"14c1b7e2d60eeed63069cbd161e469d2b6c45f90cf646b050bfd40c9685ccc74","import_time":"2025-12-02T22:30:55.100675533Z","id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/discconnect","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"source":"kam193"},{"sha256":"cd96a216a1790b73568af638b97003c7abd1f502c962137cd1084fb48ebcca64","import_time":"2025-12-02T23:07:18.111910351Z","id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/discconnect","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"source":"kam193"},{"sha256":"9d46d3a98e6ff1fb35389291690a110a3f6e942c7cd65baffc827d73e8d738fe","import_time":"2025-12-10T21:38:57.397299167Z","id":"pypi/2024-11-discconnect/discconnect","modified_time":"2024-11-16T22:56:09Z","versions":["0.1","0.2","0.4","0.5"],"source":"kam193"},{"import_time":"2026-03-19T12:19:40.231046769Z","id":"RLUA-2026-00266","modified_time":"2026-03-18T12:13:15Z","source":"reversing-labs","sha256":"c659836c1e6cbe02a2bbc1920c934aeee24125715b50a751026f275948efb8fa"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file-analysis/Y2IyYmNjMjNlNjdmNzYwMmM0M2RkYjk4ZTliODllN2Y6MTczMTc5NzYxMg=="},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://tria.ge/241116-2zm18awbpe"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/discconnect"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discconnect","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/discconnect"},"versions":["0.1","0.2","0.4","0.5"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/discconnect/MAL-2024-11576.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"]},{"name":"Kamil Mańkowski (kam193)","contact":["https://github.com/kam193","https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"],"type":"REPORTER"},{"name":"ReversingLabs","contact":["https://www.reversinglabs.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}