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 RubyGems community
1 packages
found in
Top 100
98 packages
found in
Top 1k
3817 packages
found in
Top 10k
185.27k 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
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.
anomaly
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
38 packages
found in
Top 1k
449 packages
found in
Top 10k
5.42k packages
in community
Encodes data using the Base64 algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
96 packages
found in
Top 1k
649 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.21k packages
in community
Decodes data using the Base64 algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
75 packages
found in
Top 1k
460 packages
found in
Top 10k
5.67k packages
in community
Might monitor keystrokes.
steal
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
6 packages
found in
Top 100
43 packages
found in
Top 1k
612 packages
found in
Top 10k
8.54k packages
in community
Writes to files.
file
Prevalence in RubyGems community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
32 packages
found in
Top 100
130 packages
found in
Top 1k
1061 packages
found in
Top 10k
26.43k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
No vulnerabilities found.