MAL-2024-12209

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/assisting-threading/MAL-2024-12209.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12209
Published
2024-08-19T09:59:22Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:37:08.675330Z
Summary
Malicious code in assisting-threading (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (33605e5f943eacd5d5ab7a4c37625226e2ef072f2fd3dac068b169d58ba1c2c9)

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": [
        {
            "sha256": "6b5a7641101403d95e625db9e27ebbb1caa4bba91a70daf75f3997e10e7f78fa",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assisting-threading",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:54.945757133Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "33605e5f943eacd5d5ab7a4c37625226e2ef072f2fd3dac068b169d58ba1c2c9",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assisting-threading",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:17.985182926Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "55be697852195e9e6a2c823e40b85399a0cae73a5a61c79787a3639eebe86018",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/assisting-threading",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:57.290958698Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / assisting-threading

Package

Name
assisting-threading
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Purl
pkg:pypi/assisting-threading

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/assisting-threading/MAL-2024-12209.json"