Top issues
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 PyPI community
16 packages
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Top 100
113 packages
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Top 1k
669 packages
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Top 10k
19.67k packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.
Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1033 - System Owner/User Discovery.
Top behaviors
Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.
network
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
76 packages
found in
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459 packages
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3531 packages
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105.97k packages
in community
Opens a TCP connection to a remote server.
network
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
126 packages
found in
Top 1k
796 packages
found in
Top 10k
25.62k packages
in community
Contains IP addresses.
network
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
525 packages
found in
Top 1k
4055 packages
found in
Top 10k
154.83k packages
in community
Renames a file or directory.
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
68 packages
found in
Top 100
540 packages
found in
Top 1k
3680 packages
found in
Top 10k
150.76k packages
in community
Queries the login name of the user.
search
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
64 packages
found in
Top 1k
343 packages
found in
Top 10k
11.88k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.