mal-2026-17753
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (b2598535fc7c58644f4dacb6b83f87a90823b8d1b84bc3357a6b2ae500342ba9)
The package advertises itself as a 'silent per-user wallpaper rotator for Windows' but ships wallpaper.py, a command-and-control client that connects to the hardcoded endpoint https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com. On construction of MediaManager5(), the package writes a runner script to %LOCALAPPDATA%\MediaManager5\runner.py and registers a Windows Scheduled Task named 'MediaManager5' with /SC ONLOGON, so the agent is executed via pythonw at every user logon and re-invokes wallpaper.py on a 10-minute loop. The agent registers the host as username@hostname against /api/register and polls /api/client//poll for commands dispatched through a COMMAND_HANDLERS table that includes an 'exec' handler running arbitrary shell commands via subprocess.run(command, shell=True), plus list/upload/download/delete/rename handlers over arbitrary filesystem paths; handle_download base64-encodes file contents and returns them to the server via /api/client//result. The wallpaper framing in the package name, README, and docstrings does not match the shipped payload.
Source: kam193 (28307627b9e2beadd142ce8e492f406f6ea13bad1ce2cf989b74e81954595e11)
The package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim's machine.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-10-agentaix
Reasons (based on the campaign):
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files-exfiltration
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peristence-autorun
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The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim's machine.
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rat
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persistence
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
],
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "src/media_manager5/wallpaper.py",
"sha256": "90825fbc81b3e99c88d17aad497d78cb005c393f6ebbd1bda8c63b569e531e4b",
"tlsh": "91022162dc8e606383b2b50cc424c561f69a5343e6165c17f9fc87ac6f74732e2b16ae"
},
{
"path": "src/media_manager5/manager.py",
"sha256": "89d22b779f184b43aaf42751ff576a0452bbfeb2944970516d66d593930cd4eb",
"tlsh": "8441e0198f27cc229a72925e39439843db2786572d7d440676bd41b41f77064c8b8faa"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "media_manager5-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
"hashes": {
"blake2b_256": "0f47a2274825767a6dd676f43b7a0e1a73dd10d79730f7cba658fe0342ca7ef2",
"md5": "872080577439dea6af2202a5e5d04917",
"sha256": "4fca8ea37414724d1ef2b4154fa484f8eacb20804a5bf8fbff826dcff4391ebb"
}
},
{
"filename": "media_manager5-0.1.0.tar.gz",
"hashes": {
"blake2b_256": "78499f23f83c0f4d322ff644de341b950259a8c61f8060d673de10e777a782b4",
"md5": "da88033543959db832d91d3c77833aa5",
"sha256": "625ef78d164a479b59f50ac75f04f4bfc05d93927413f9bd9aff70a5905df0c9"
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "media-manager5"
},
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "REPORTER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"domains": [
"googleforum.pythonanywhere.com"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2026-10-agentaix/media-manager5",
"import_time": "2026-10-10T08:46:18.830726959Z",
"modified_time": "2026-10-10T08:02:44.659478Z",
"sha256": "28307627b9e2beadd142ce8e492f406f6ea13bad1ce2cf989b74e81954595e11",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-021381",
"import_time": "2026-10-11T14:18:00.970810796Z",
"modified_time": "2026-10-11T13:50:48Z",
"sha256": "b2598535fc7c58644f4dacb6b83f87a90823b8d1b84bc3357a6b2ae500342ba9",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"0.1.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (b2598535fc7c58644f4dacb6b83f87a90823b8d1b84bc3357a6b2ae500342ba9)\nThe package advertises itself as a \u0027silent per-user wallpaper rotator for Windows\u0027 but ships wallpaper.py, a command-and-control client that connects to the hardcoded endpoint https://googleforum.pythonanywhere.com. On construction of MediaManager5(), the package writes a runner script to %LOCALAPPDATA%\\MediaManager5\\runner.py and registers a Windows Scheduled Task named \u0027MediaManager5\u0027 with /SC ONLOGON, so the agent is executed via pythonw at every user logon and re-invokes wallpaper.py on a 10-minute loop. The agent registers the host as username@hostname against /api/register and polls /api/client/\u003cid\u003e/poll for commands dispatched through a COMMAND_HANDLERS table that includes an \u0027exec\u0027 handler running arbitrary shell commands via subprocess.run(command, shell=True), plus list/upload/download/delete/rename handlers over arbitrary filesystem paths; handle_download base64-encodes file contents and returns them to the server via /api/client/\u003cid\u003e/result. The wallpaper framing in the package name, README, and docstrings does not match the shipped payload.\n\n## Source: kam193 (28307627b9e2beadd142ce8e492f406f6ea13bad1ce2cf989b74e81954595e11)\nThe package installs a persistent job that allows the attacker for exfiltrating files and executing remote code on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-agentaix\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\n\n - peristence-autorun\n\n\n - The package contains code to execute remote commands (probably limited to a specific set) on the victim\u0027s machine.\n\n\n - rat\n\n\n - persistence\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-17753",
"modified": "2026-10-11T14:20:02.385503065Z",
"published": "2026-10-10T08:02:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/media-manager5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://pypi.org/project/media-manager5/0.1.0/"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in media-manager5 (PyPI)"
}
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