mal-2024-12237
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: kam193 (1bb6da528665b6d869e583cb594f1f0cc7e7ccaf8cc5a7a859c0db9e7fa80c19)
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):
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Downloads and executes a remote executable.
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clones-real-package
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crypto-related
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The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
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obfuscation
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typosquatting
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "cobo-custdoy"
},
"versions": [
"0.1"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/kam193",
"https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/"
],
"name": "Kamil Ma\u0144kowski (kam193)",
"type": "ANALYST"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"iocs": {
"urls": [
"http://114.132.245.217:40081"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-custdoy",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T22:30:55.949243982Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "98dab70ba7fa041c334d8111fdca72c44082587ae31c06aea908b24a8c34d238",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-custdoy",
"import_time": "2025-12-02T23:07:19.139385522Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"sha256": "1bb6da528665b6d869e583cb594f1f0cc7e7ccaf8cc5a7a859c0db9e7fa80c19",
"source": "kam193"
},
{
"id": "pypi/2024-08-old-cobo-sectest/cobo-custdoy",
"import_time": "2025-12-10T21:38:58.277344934Z",
"modified_time": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z",
"sha256": "6595e9aeeff235159a58718b78afd8b8616fa995d9b16f572a256930099fa19d",
"source": "kam193",
"versions": [
"0.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: kam193 (1bb6da528665b6d869e583cb594f1f0cc7e7ccaf8cc5a7a859c0db9e7fa80c19)\nIt 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.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2024-08-old-cobo-sectest\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - Downloads and executes a remote executable.\n\n\n - clones-real-package\n\n\n - crypto-related\n\n\n - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.\n\n\n - obfuscation\n\n\n - typosquatting\n",
"id": "MAL-2024-12237",
"modified": "2025-12-11T09:27:52Z",
"published": "2024-09-07T21:45:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cobo-custdoy"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in cobo-custdoy (PyPI)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.