AI Analysis
Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS
The package shows signs of being potentially malicious due to high credential risk and suspicious metadata, despite having low risks in network, shell, and obfuscation categories.
- High credential risk due to access of sensitive system files and modification of configurations.
- Suspicious metadata with recent upload and no maintainer history.
Per-check LLM notes
- Network: No network calls detected, which is normal unless the package's functionality requires external communications.
- Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating the package does not attempt to execute system commands.
- Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns were detected in the provided code snippets.
- Credentials: The presence of commands to access sensitive system files and modify configurations indicates potential malicious intent for credential harvesting.
- Metadata: The package is suspicious due to its recent upload and lack of maintainer history.
Heuristic Checks
Outbound Network Calls
No suspicious network call patterns found
Code Obfuscation
No obfuscation patterns detected
Shell / Subprocess Execution
No shell execution patterns detected
Credential Harvesting
score 5.0
Found 2 credential access pattern(s)
tart sshd", "/usr/bin/cat /etc/shadow", "/usr/bin/id", "/usr/bin/find / -name '*.conf'",/bin/bash", "/usr/bin/vim /etc/passwd", "/usr/bin/tcpdump -i eth0", "ALL", ] _SYSTEMD_UN
Typosquatting
No typosquatting candidates detected
Registered Email Domain
No author email provided
Suspicious Page Links
All external links appear legitimate
Git Repository History
No GitHub repository linked
No GitHub repository link found
Maintainer History
score 8.0
4 maintainer concern(s) found
Only one version has ever been released — brand new packagePackage uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-05T00:15:44.000Z)Author name is missing or very shortAuthor "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)