Top issues
Detected presence of software components that have low popularity or number of downloads.
hunting
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 being the first to try out a new project 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
3 packages
found in
Top 100
9 packages
found in
Top 1k
80 packages
found in
Top 10k
147 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.
Detected presence of software components that are rarely included by other public software packages.
hunting
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
8 packages
found in
Top 100
25 packages
found in
Top 1k
130 packages
found in
Top 10k
259 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.
Top behaviors
Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.
network
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
213 packages
found in
Top 1k
1115 packages
found in
Top 10k
1822 packages
in community
Executes a file.
execution
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
283 packages
found in
Top 1k
1860 packages
found in
Top 10k
3073 packages
in community
Contains IP addresses.
network
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
97 packages
found in
Top 100
693 packages
found in
Top 1k
4437 packages
found in
Top 10k
7330 packages
in community
Enumerates system information.
search
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
25 packages
found in
Top 100
257 packages
found in
Top 1k
1227 packages
found in
Top 10k
2010 packages
in community
Contains URLs.
network
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
516 packages
found in
Top 1k
2293 packages
found in
Top 10k
3528 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.