MAL-2024-12239

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cobo-python/MAL-2024-12239.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12239
Published
2024-09-07T21:45:29Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:33:51.233845Z
Summary
Malicious code in cobo-python (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (2f1c1c4efd134e130c04178382ff3ea318301fb18b5eb6eed696c49cf64e9ad6)

It appears to be a forgotten pentest checking typosquatting against cobo-custody package, but may also have malicious purposes. During installation, if a machine is Mac, an obfuscated code attempts to download and execute a shell script. Currently, the server does not respond.

Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.

Campaign: 2024-08-old-cobo-sectest

Reasons (based on the campaign):

  • Downloads and executes a remote executable.

  • clones-real-package

  • crypto-related

  • The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

  • obfuscation

  • typosquatting

Database specific 
{
    "iocs": {
        "urls": [
            "http://114.132.245.217:40081"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "b82eae0c6205cc1598e48c7e84de9b78243c72d11ddabc80f9267377d8fdef00",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.951281329Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-python",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "sha256": "2f1c1c4efd134e130c04178382ff3ea318301fb18b5eb6eed696c49cf64e9ad6",
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.141411014Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-python",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "dc31f618c960275a328b61245b5861bb9e8dc319ecb1f046c1f621de05e54fd8",
            "import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.279551838Z",
            "modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-python",
            "source": "kam193"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / cobo-python

Package

Name
cobo-python
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Purl
pkg:pypi/cobo-python

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/cobo-python/MAL-2024-12239.json"