List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Modifies file/directory permissions.1
permissions
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
34 packages
found in
Top 100
186 packages
found in
Top 1k
1071 packages
found in
Top 10k
27.02k packages
in community
Creates a process.1
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
69 packages
found in
Top 100
506 packages
found in
Top 1k
3612 packages
found in
Top 10k
163.85k packages
in community
Overrides the default behavior of Python setuptool commands.1
anomaly
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
24 packages
found in
Top 100
165 packages
found in
Top 1k
1180 packages
found in
Top 10k
29.66k packages
in community
Renames a file or directory.1
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
Contains unusually long strings.1
anomaly
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
51 packages
found in
Top 100
408 packages
found in
Top 1k
2829 packages
found in
Top 10k
106.17k packages
in community
Opens a URL.4
network
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
30 packages
found in
Top 100
166 packages
found in
Top 1k
1155 packages
found in
Top 10k
31.66k packages
in community
Creates shortcuts during installation or upon launch.1
file
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
20 packages
found in
Top 100
182 packages
found in
Top 1k
1802 packages
found in
Top 10k
186.71k packages
in community
Queries the value of an environment variable.2
search
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
73 packages
found in
Top 100
614 packages
found in
Top 1k
4460 packages
found in
Top 10k
173.79k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.1
packer
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
586 packages
found in
Top 1k
4061 packages
found in
Top 10k
146.39k packages
in community
Writes data to the STDOUT stream.2
execution
Prevalence in PyPI community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
714 packages
found in
Top 1k
6590 packages
found in
Top 10k
461.31k packages
in community
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