MAL-2024-12362

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/thethreadingassistant/MAL-2024-12362.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12362
Published
2024-08-19T09:59:22Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:43:22.536972Z
Summary
Malicious code in thethreadingassistant (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (762eff7d2ce4176f6050d35736ba93b5853e8519e760522372aced785a146e59)

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": "933214ae39aa7ac178fdde217bad935d1d5eb198f5653e21a63fcce084b9aaa9",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/thethreadingassistant",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.642710688Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "762eff7d2ce4176f6050d35736ba93b5853e8519e760522372aced785a146e59",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/thethreadingassistant",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.684487575Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "4a0a34ab0698ce2ea2dc7b609d5f43bc7eedbac2d0e946467f37ebdf5554fcd4",
            "source": "kam193",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/thethreadingassistant",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-12T12:11:30.635705921Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / thethreadingassistant

Package

Name
thethreadingassistant
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Purl
pkg:pypi/thethreadingassistant

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/thethreadingassistant/MAL-2024-12362.json"