List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Contains potentially obfuscated code or data.30
packer
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior commonly used by malicious software (Important)
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
6 packages
found in
Top 1k
9 packages
found in
Top 10k
9.17k packages
in community
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.10
anomaly
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
22 packages
found in
Top 100
136 packages
found in
Top 1k
1267 packages
found in
Top 10k
411.22k packages
in community
Encodes data using the Base16 algorithm.15
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
93 packages
found in
Top 1k
1217 packages
found in
Top 10k
309.11k packages
in community
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
Contains URLs that use non-standard ports.1
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
42 packages
found in
Top 1k
867 packages
found in
Top 10k
519.35k packages
in community
Contains unusually long strings.9
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
Contains URLs.1
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
31 packages
found in
Top 1k
541 packages
found in
Top 10k
323.97k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.15
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
Imports Node.js "path" module which provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.4
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
232 packages
found in
Top 1k
2692 packages
found in
Top 10k
859.79k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "fs" module which is used for interacting with the filesystem.4
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
52 packages
found in
Top 100
233 packages
found in
Top 1k
2586 packages
found in
Top 10k
839.11k packages
in community
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