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
1 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
6 packages
found in
Top 10k
18 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
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.
Top behaviors
Creates new registry keys.
settings
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
1 packages
found in
Top 100
42 packages
found in
Top 1k
298 packages
found in
Top 10k
471 packages
in community
Loads additional snap-ins or modules to the current session.
payload
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
91 packages
found in
Top 100
509 packages
found in
Top 1k
3132 packages
found in
Top 10k
5.29k packages
in community
Accesses registry settings.
settings
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
262 packages
found in
Top 1k
1126 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.97k packages
in community
Creates new files, folders or registry keys.
file
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
13 packages
found in
Top 100
299 packages
found in
Top 1k
2381 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.24k packages
in community
Enumerates files.
search
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
97 packages
found in
Top 100
770 packages
found in
Top 1k
6212 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.03k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.