Top issues
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
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
Interacts with Microsoft .NET Framework code, types and assemblies.
execution
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
100 packages
found in
Top 100
804 packages
found in
Top 1k
6511 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.95k packages
in community
Executes a file.
execution
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
16 packages
found in
Top 100
283 packages
found in
Top 1k
1872 packages
found in
Top 10k
3.13k packages
in community
Downloads or installs modules from remote repositories.
execution
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
152 packages
found in
Top 1k
1494 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.56k packages
in community
Contains URLs related to messaging services with message-sending functionality.
network
Prevalence in PowerShell Gallery community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
0 packages
found in
Top 100
2 packages
found in
Top 1k
10 packages
found in
Top 10k
18 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.