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
Contains URLs with unusual hostname lengths.1
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
55 packages
found in
Top 1k
912 packages
found in
Top 10k
632.33k packages
in community
Connects through HTTP.2
network
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
13 packages
found in
Top 100
59 packages
found in
Top 1k
1107 packages
found in
Top 10k
472.06k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.7
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
Might access or change current URL (location).2
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.3
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
Serializes data into the JSON format.2
file
Prevalence in npm community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in
Top 100
218 packages
found in
Top 1k
3028 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.25M 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 "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
Imports Node.js "fs" module which is used for interacting with the filesystem.2
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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