List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Executes files during installation or upon launch.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
95 packages
found in
Top 100
726 packages
found in
Top 1k
7488 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.56M packages
in community
Might evaluate code dynamically.4
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
122 packages
found in
Top 1k
1491 packages
found in
Top 10k
357.98k packages
in community
Contains unusually long strings.3
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
26 packages
found in
Top 100
134 packages
found in
Top 1k
2067 packages
found in
Top 10k
896.14k packages
in community
Queries the value of an environment variable.2
search
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
33 packages
found in
Top 100
148 packages
found in
Top 1k
2322 packages
found in
Top 10k
692.01k packages
in community
Enumerates files in a given directory.2
search
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
18 packages
found in
Top 100
79 packages
found in
Top 1k
905 packages
found in
Top 10k
243.32k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.8
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
40 packages
found in
Top 100
305 packages
found in
Top 1k
3796 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.13M packages
in community
Executes commands in command line.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
10 packages
found in
Top 100
54 packages
found in
Top 1k
711 packages
found in
Top 10k
286.83k packages
in community
Might create additional elements programmatically.15
document
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
94 packages
found in
Top 1k
1470 packages
found in
Top 10k
653.45k packages
in community
Might access or change current URL (location).7
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
11 packages
found in
Top 100
73 packages
found in
Top 1k
1242 packages
found in
Top 10k
518.09k packages
in community
Contains URLs related to search engines.4
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
14 packages
found in
Top 100
87 packages
found in
Top 1k
1424 packages
found in
Top 10k
421.15k packages
in community
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