🛡️ MAL-2024-9943 — artindex

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Malicious code in artindex (PyPI)

Source: kam193

Importing a module starts downloading and executing an infostealer, widely identified by AV/sandboxes.

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

Campaign: 2024-08-embeds-RealtekHDAudioManager

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer
  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Affected software

MAL-2024-9943 is recorded against 1 package.

  • artindex

Timeline and source

Published on 4 September 2024 and last revised on 19 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Indicators of compromise

URLs: https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/howl.exe https://github.com/holdthatcode/host/raw/main/menu.exe https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/main/code.exe https://github.com/bloodstainedvvs/host/raw/main/zwerve.exe https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1276975489780809812/1282787632082059359/zwerve.exe?ex=66e0a094&is=66df4f14&hm=f4604d9783911e770716516e30d4f665214449f46aa2c5a59afc4bda7042bfba& https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/code.exe https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/zwerve.exe https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/CBLines.exe https://github.com/holdthatcode/e/raw/main/Anch.exe

References

www.virustotal.com (Evidence)
tria.ge (Evidence)
www.virustotal.com (Evidence)
tria.ge (Evidence)
bad-packages.kam193.eu (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-09-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-03-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
artindex

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