MAL-2024-12363

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/threading-assistant/MAL-2024-12363.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2024-12363
Published
2024-08-19T09:59:22Z
Modified
2025-12-12T20:43:25.141911Z
Summary
Malicious code in threading-assistant (PyPI)
Details

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Source: kam193 (b7b431362a8fc3af245e62278011eb007f0b23eeaa959c3a34bbb959fa549a4c)

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": [
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/threading-assistant",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "sha256": "94c681cc1f469c5e74cf129c4a7cc37602b47bcad02857e98d278b8a1f5f25c6",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.644136633Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/threading-assistant",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "sha256": "b7b431362a8fc3af245e62278011eb007f0b23eeaa959c3a34bbb959fa549a4c",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:18.686079865Z"
        },
        {
            "source": "kam193",
            "id": "pypi/2024-08-old-threading-assistant/threading-assistant",
            "modified_time": "2024-08-19T09:59:22Z",
            "sha256": "41ce19661f27267642c2cd2098c7e7d5f0bdb39bae5ddbf60f97482f78e40e6e",
            "versions": [
                "0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2025-12-12T12:11:30.637847201Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

PyPI / threading-assistant

Package

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

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/pypi/threading-assistant/MAL-2024-12363.json"