MAL-2025-3014

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https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/w3socket/MAL-2025-3014.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-3014
Published
2025-02-17T10:36:37Z
Modified
2025-12-03T00:25:01.731082Z
Summary
Malicious code in w3socket (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (729a8001d69369db2b822c1a13ba9363d3dad46299a6ced4e52ab604c3261ec4)

web3socket: In the class there is a hidden code that loads a binary Python code from a remote location impersonating PyPI Github account web3node: The package is used to download and run remote code by other packages. Files darwin.py, gnu.py and win32.py contain code that adds executing remote code to the crontab as well as an attempt to escalate privileges. w3socket: It uses web3node to start remote code in config.py

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

Campaign: 2025-02-web3socket

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • dependency-confusion

  • impersonation

  • Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pypi-org/DynamicLibs/refs/heads/main/web3config.pyc",
            "https://github.com/pypi-org/web3sockcet",
            "https://saboreysecretos.com/wp-includes/assets/script-modules-packages.win.php?u=2"
        ],
        "domains": [
            "saboreysecretos.com"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-03-31T07:07:07.304757137Z",
            "sha256": "02827c7665179ae3b0de814e4e26d33e46361e6c3d470277311e814d1545be07",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "id": "RLMA-2025-02013",
            "modified_time": "2025-03-28T13:06:29Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.723096371Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-web3socket/w3socket",
            "sha256": "c037b4c528e4a66879f4f1963660065ea4ca715f4b52d60ee31f7e067b496cf5",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-17T10:36:37Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.762984767Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2025-02-web3socket/w3socket",
            "sha256": "729a8001d69369db2b822c1a13ba9363d3dad46299a6ced4e52ab604c3261ec4",
            "modified_time": "2025-02-17T10:36:37Z",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / w3socket

Package

Name
w3socket
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Purl
pkg:pypi/w3socket

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.1