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Az.ApplicationMonitor

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This package contains files required for code-less Application Insights injection. For use on Windows Servers with IIS. Official Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/status-monitor-v2-overview

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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

8 reduced effectiveness mitigations

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

No evidence of malware inclusion

List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

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Problem

Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a group of enhanced compile-time checks that report common coding mistakes as errors, preventing them from reaching production. These checks minimize the number of security issues by enforcing strict memory access checks. They also prevent the use of hard-to-secure string and memory manipulation functions. To prove the binary has been compiled with these checks enabled, the compiler emits a special debug object. Removing the debug table eliminates this proof. Therefore, this check only applies to binaries that still have their debug tables.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

39 packages

found in

Top 1k

187 packages

found in

Top 10k

327 packages

in community

Next steps

You should keep the debug table to prove that the SDL process has been followed.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Software components contain executable code that performs actions implemented during its development. These actions are called behaviors. In the analysis report, behaviors are presented as human-readable descriptions that best match the underlying code intent. While most behaviors are benign, some are commonly abused by malicious software with the intent to cause harm. When a software package shares behavior traits with malicious software, it may become flagged by security solutions. Any detection from security solutions can cause friction for the end-users during software deployment. While the behavior is likely intended by the developer, there is a small chance this detection is true positive, and an early indication of a software supply chain attack.

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13 packages

found in

Top 100

176 packages

found in

Top 1k

997 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.61k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software intent does not relate to the reported behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

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. Software developers publish components they have authored to public repositories. While a new software project is a welcome addition to the open source community. it is not always prudent to indiscriminately use the latest components when building a commercial application. Irrespective of the software quality, the danger of using components that are rarely used to build applications lies in the fact that the software component may contain novel, currently undetected malicious code. Therefore, it is prudent to review software component behaviors and even try out software component in a sandbox, an environment meant for testing untrusted code.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

4 packages

found in

Top 1k

5 packages

found in

Top 10k

20 packages

in community

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

Control Flow Guard (CFG/CFI) protects the code flow integrity by ensuring that indirect calls are made only to vetted functions. This mitigation is detected as enabled, but its effectiveness is impacted by the use of outdated precompiled code. It was determined that the application had been linked against static libraries produced by multiple toolchain versions. Because some of them predate the general availability of the control flow guard vulnerability mitigation, it is likely that protection coverage gaps exist.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

26 packages

found in

Top 1k

108 packages

found in

Top 10k

171 packages

in community

Next steps

Recompile statically linked libraries with the same programming language toolchain version.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Control Flow Guard (CFG/CFI) protects the code flow integrity by ensuring that dynamic calls are made only to vetted functions. Trusted execution paths rely on the ability of the operating system to build a list of valid function targets. Certain functions can intentionally be disallowed to prevent malicious code from deactivating vulnerability mitigation features. A list of such invalid function targets can include publicly exported symbols. Applications that enhance control flow integrity through export suppression rely on libraries to mark their publicly visible symbols as suppressed. This is done for all symbols that are considered to be sensitive functions, and to which access should be restricted. It is considered dangerous to mix applications that perform export suppression with libraries that do not.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

5 packages

found in

Top 100

47 packages

found in

Top 1k

233 packages

found in

Top 10k

389 packages

in community

Next steps

To enable this mitigation on library code, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Control Flow Guard (CFG/CFI) protects the code flow integrity by ensuring that indirect calls are made only to vetted functions. This mitigation protects dynamically resolved function targets by instrumenting the code responsible for transferring execution control. Higher-level programming languages implement structured exception handling by managing their own code flow execution paths. As such, they are subject to code flow hijacking during runtime. Language-specific exception handling mitigation enforces execution integrity by instrumenting calls to manage execution context switching. Any deviation from the known and trusted code flow paths will cause the application to terminate. This makes malicious code less likely to execute.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

4 packages

found in

Top 100

49 packages

found in

Top 1k

245 packages

found in

Top 10k

409 packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Operating systems allow multiple user accounts to coexist on a single computer system. Each registered user has identity information associated with their account. At the very least, user accounts consist of a user name and an optional password. In some cases, user account data may also include personally identifiable information. Extended personal information may include user's given and last name, their email and mailing address, personal photo and their telephone number. Financially motivated attackers may seek to collect personal information for purposes of selling the private data to a third-party. Malicious code that typically exhibits these behavior traits is commonly referred to as an information stealer. While the presence of code that accesses identity information does not necessarily imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Accessing identity information is a very common behavior for software packages. One example of acceptable use for such functions is verifying that the active user has purchased a software license that allows them to run the application.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

96 packages

found in

Top 1k

432 packages

found in

Top 10k

768 packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

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List of software quality issues with the number of affected components.

Policies

Info

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

3 packages

found in

Top 100

39 packages

found in

Top 1k

187 packages

found in

Top 10k

327 packages

in community

Next steps

You should keep the debug table to prove that the SDL process has been followed.

To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

13 packages

found in

Top 100

176 packages

found in

Top 1k

997 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.61k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software intent does not relate to the reported behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.

You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.

Consider rewriting the flagged code without using the marked behaviors.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

4 packages

found in

Top 1k

5 packages

found in

Top 10k

20 packages

in community

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

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

1 packages

found in

Top 100

26 packages

found in

Top 1k

108 packages

found in

Top 10k

171 packages

in community

Next steps

Recompile statically linked libraries with the same programming language toolchain version.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

5 packages

found in

Top 100

47 packages

found in

Top 1k

233 packages

found in

Top 10k

389 packages

in community

Next steps

To enable this mitigation on library code, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

4 packages

found in

Top 100

49 packages

found in

Top 1k

245 packages

found in

Top 10k

409 packages

in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.

To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.

In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable CFG mitigation by passing the /guard:cf parameter to the compiler and linker.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

7 packages

found in

Top 100

96 packages

found in

Top 1k

432 packages

found in

Top 10k

768 packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.

Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.

Az.ApplicationMonitor

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

SQ14138Detected Windows executable files that were compiled without following the recommended SDL process.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

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TH15103Detected presence of files with behaviors commonly used by malicious software.hunting

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TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

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SQ14124Detected Windows executable files that might not cover all statically linked libraries with CFG vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: reduced effectiveness mitigationshardening

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SQ14125Detected Windows shared library files that do not suppress exports which reduces CFG vulnerability mitigation protection effectiveness.Causes risk: low priority mitigations absenthardening

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SQ14127Detected Windows executable files that do not implement long jump control flow vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: low priority mitigations absenthardening

Problem

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TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

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Did you know...

SQ14138Detected Windows executable files that were compiled without following the recommended SDL process.Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detectedhardening

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

TH15103Detected presence of files with behaviors commonly used by malicious software.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

TH30107Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

SQ14124Detected Windows executable files that might not cover all statically linked libraries with CFG vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: reduced effectiveness mitigationshardening

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

SQ14125Detected Windows shared library files that do not suppress exports which reduces CFG vulnerability mitigation protection effectiveness.Causes risk: low priority mitigations absenthardening

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

SQ14127Detected Windows executable files that do not implement long jump control flow vulnerability mitigation protection.Causes risk: low priority mitigations absenthardening

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

TH16126Detected presence of software components that can access user identity information.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps