List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.2
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.2
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 unusually long strings.2
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 that reference the host by IP address.1
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
41 packages
found in
Top 1k
721 packages
found in
Top 10k
248.69k packages
in community
Might send output to operating system console.2
document
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
15 packages
found in
Top 1k
260 packages
found in
Top 10k
44.09k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.4
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
Reads from files.2
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
37 packages
found in
Top 100
186 packages
found in
Top 1k
2304 packages
found in
Top 10k
715.47k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "util" module which provides different utility functions.2
execution
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
35 packages
found in
Top 100
183 packages
found in
Top 1k
1549 packages
found in
Top 10k
268.23k packages
in community
Imports Node.js "path" module which provides utilities for working with file and directory paths.2
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
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