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Malicious MAL-2025-6598

syscachelib

PyPI package · versions 0.1.0

Reported Jun 17, 2025 · Updated Mar 19, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: kam193 (c8aa87f03342830d082dcfd87dfce0528b19781902f9c9e56a7379046d8a1572)
Importing the module starts a UAC bypass through fodhelper to run a privileged shell, and download and execute a remote file.

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

Campaign: 2025-06-syscachelib

Reasons (based on the campaign):

- Downloads and executes a remote executable.

Indicators of compromise

Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.

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