List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Executes files during installation or upon launch.12
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
Creates a process.1
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
661 packages
found in
Top 1k
3774 packages
found in
Top 10k
22.06k packages
in community
Might evaluate code dynamically.1
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
73 packages
found in
Top 100
616 packages
found in
Top 1k
3798 packages
found in
Top 10k
23.05k packages
in community
Enumerates current user's home directory.2
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
68 packages
found in
Top 100
485 packages
found in
Top 1k
2785 packages
found in
Top 10k
15.1k packages
in community
Creates shortcuts during installation or upon launch.1
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
492 packages
found in
Top 1k
2989 packages
found in
Top 10k
18.14k packages
in community
Queries the value of an environment variable.4
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
87 packages
found in
Top 100
718 packages
found in
Top 1k
4671 packages
found in
Top 10k
31.17k packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.2
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
771 packages
found in
Top 1k
5560 packages
found in
Top 10k
43.56k packages
in community
Accesses the file system.2
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
85 packages
found in
Top 100
660 packages
found in
Top 1k
4505 packages
found in
Top 10k
32.48k packages
in community
Registers a VS Code command which can later be executed.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
90 packages
found in
Top 100
716 packages
found in
Top 1k
5445 packages
found in
Top 10k
75.73k packages
in community
Executes commands in command line.1
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
685 packages
found in
Top 1k
4272 packages
found in
Top 10k
27.94k packages
in community
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