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
Deletes a file/directory.1
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
10 packages
found in
Top 100
35 packages
found in
Top 1k
714 packages
found in
Top 10k
196.38k packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when the state of a VS Code extension is changed.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
1 packages
found in
Top 10k
545 packages
in community
Enumerates installed VS Code extensions.2
search
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
3 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.15k packages
in community
Queries file information.1
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
88 packages
found in
Top 10k
18.79k packages
in community
Executes a VS Code command.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
3 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.39k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.2
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
Writes to files.1
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
29 packages
found in
Top 100
113 packages
found in
Top 1k
1621 packages
found in
Top 10k
581.73k packages
in community
Accesses the file system.2
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
4 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.5k packages
in community
Registers a VS Code command which can later be executed.1
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
5 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.96k packages
in community
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