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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses

No license compliance issues

Secrets

No sensitive information found

Security

Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities detected

Hardening

No application hardening issues

Threats

Tampering

No evidence of software tampering

Malware

No evidence of malware inclusion

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

Policies

Info

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

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 PowerShell Gallery community

87 packages

found in

Top 100

354 packages

found in

Top 1k

1060 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.69k packages

in community

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

Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. A port number is associated with a network address of a host, such as an IP address, and the type of network protocol used for communication. Within URLs, the ports are optional. Ports can be specified in a URL immediately following the domain name. Each network protocol, or schema, has a set of standard ports on which the service operates. This issue is raised when a mismatch between a network protocol and its expected port number is detected. While the presence of non-standard ports does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

13 packages

found in

Top 100

124 packages

found in

Top 1k

643 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.03k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, 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 changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.

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.

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

89 packages

found in

Top 100

261 packages

found in

Top 1k

994 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.58k packages

in community

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.

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

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

87 packages

found in

Top 100

354 packages

found in

Top 1k

1060 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.69k packages

in community

Next steps

With Microsoft SignTool, you can specify the hashing algorithm using the /fd SHA256 parameter.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

13 packages

found in

Top 100

124 packages

found in

Top 1k

643 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.03k packages

in community

Next steps

Investigate reported detections.

If the software should not include these network references, 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 changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

89 packages

found in

Top 100

261 packages

found in

Top 1k

994 packages

found in

Top 10k

1.58k packages

in community

Next steps

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.

MicrosoftPowerBIMgmt.Admin

SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Security

Threats

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

Problem

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SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

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TH17115Detected presence of files containing URLs that use non-standard ports.hunting

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SQ20121Detected digital signatures that have not been performed with an extended validation certificate.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

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

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

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Did you know...

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

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

SQ20119Detected digital signatures that rely on a weak digest algorithm for integrity validation.signatures

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

TH17115Detected presence of files containing URLs that use non-standard ports.hunting

Problem

Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community

Next steps

SQ20121Detected digital signatures that have not been performed with an extended validation certificate.signatures

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