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Microsoft.UI.Xaml

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This package provides backward-compatible versions of Windows UI features including UWP XAML controls, dense control styles, and Fluent styles and materials. It is part of the Windows UI Library.
License: unknown
Published: over 2 years ago
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities
No known vulnerabilities detected
Hardening
5 ineffective mitigations detected

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

64.02M
Total Downloads
2
Contributors
1
Declared Dependencies
161
Dependents

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Problem

Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a vulnerability mitigation option that forces software components to load on a different memory base address each time they are used. This mitigation is detected as enabled, but rendered ineffective due to the lack of code relocations necessary for layout randomization. This issue is reported for native 32-bit applications that contain code and opt in to use ASLR. Reasons for relocation absence include forcing software component load on a fixed address, removing relocations post-build, and using non-ASLR-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in NuGet community

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Next steps

Review the programming language linker documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, make sure the linker option /FIXED is disabled (set to OFF).

Problem

Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Open source communities depend on the work of thousands of software developers that volunteer their time to maintain software components. Software developers build up the reputation of their open source projects by developing in public. Modern source code repositories have many social features that allow software developers to handle bug reports, have discussions with their users, and convey reaching significant project milestones. It is uncommon to find open source projects that omit linking their component to a publicly accessible source code repository.

Prevalence in NuGet community

No prevalence information at this time

Next steps

Check the software component behaviors for anomalies.
Consider exploratory software component testing within a sandbox environment.
Consider replacing the software component with a more widely used alternative.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.

Problem

Digital signatures are applied to applications, packages and documents as a cryptographically secured authenticity record. Signatures verify the origin and the integrity of the object they apply to. The integrity validation relies on the cryptographic strength of the encryption and the hash verification algorithm. If either of the two is considered weak by current standards, there is a chance the signed object could be maliciously modified, without triggering the integrity failure check.

Prevalence in NuGet community

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315 packages
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733.24k packages
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Next steps

Create signatures with strong ECC key-length of at least 224 bits, or RSA key-length of at least 2048 bits, and use SHA256 as the hashing algorithm. While encryption key-length upgrade does require you to obtain a new certificate, the hashing algorithm can freely be selected during signing.
With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Digital signatures are applied to applications, packages and documents as a cryptographically secured authenticity record. Signatures are made using digital certificates, which can either be purchased from certificate authorities or be self-issued. When a certificate is purchased from a certificate authority, the subject that requests it goes through an identity validation process. Depending on the certificate type, those checks can be basic or extended. Confirming the subject identity is a multi-step process, and the requesting subject can be mapped to its legal entity name only through extended validation of submitted documents. Extended identity validation typically costs more, and it takes longer for a certificate to be issued when this process is correctly followed.

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Next steps

Consider the benefits of acquiring extended validation certificates. Operating systems tend to be more trusting of software packages signed in this way. Certain security warnings and prompts might also be automatically suppressed. This reduces the number of support tickets for organizations that opt to use extended validation certificates.

Top behaviors

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Top vulnerabilities

No vulnerabilities found.

FAQ for Microsoft.UI.Xaml

What is Microsoft.UI.Xaml?

This package provides backward-compatible versions of Windows UI features including UWP XAML controls, dense control styles, and Fluent styles and materials. It is part of the Windows UI Library. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is Microsoft.UI.Xaml malicious or is it safe to use?

The .NET package Microsoft.UI.Xaml was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is Microsoft.UI.Xaml popular?

The .NET package Microsoft.UI.Xaml ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 64M recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure Microsoft.UI.Xaml once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how Microsoft.UI.Xaml behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a Microsoft.UI.Xaml version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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