MAL-2024-12208

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/assistant-threader/MAL-2024-12208.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12208
Published
2024-08-19T09:59:22Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:35:40.649566Z
Summary
Malicious code in assistant-threader (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (6dba125172b57e6b24bcd2cc0df076483e1fe36d1969f37e533d611fb6f9d808)

Infostealer exfiltrating cookies, history and passwords from the Google Chrome browser, as well as attempting to do a webcam photo. Data are sent to a Discord webhook. Malicious code is split over multiple files.

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

Campaign: 2024-08-old-threading-assistant

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • infostealer

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assistant-threader",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.944998749Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "a1ea430d621b41fba4e0735ae902c78d200821e06ff696c3907b2b632b95b158"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assistant-threader",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.984336366Z",
            "source": "kam193",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "6dba125172b57e6b24bcd2cc0df076483e1fe36d1969f37e533d611fb6f9d808"
        },
        {
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assistant-threader",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "source": "kam193",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.290258453Z",
            "sha256": "19f7a11b85b828890424a45fcd7edfa7d4cc2109747eaab372bb5c191b35db4e"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / assistant-threader

Package

Name
assistant-threader
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Purl
pkg:pypi/assistant-threader

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/assistant-threader/MAL-2024-12208.json"