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Path Tools

Artifact:
latest
Top 10k
A couple of path utilities
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: over 7 years ago
Publisher: cg-cnu
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
No license compliance issues
Secrets
2 debugging symbols found

Security

Vulnerabilities
1 severe vulnerabilities exploited
Hardening
3 baseline mitigations missing

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
No evidence of malware inclusion

Popularity

9.33k
Total Installs
1
Contributor
3
Declared Dependencies
0
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known severe vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported high or critical severity vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

67 packages
found in
Top 100
548 packages
found in
Top 1k
3078 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.39k packages
in community

Next steps

We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Imported function addresses are pointers to the symbols that implement the application-required functionality. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

20 packages
found in
Top 100
161 packages
found in
Top 1k
472 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.89k packages
in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Thread local storage (TLS) callbacks are pointers to code initialization and resource release functions. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

12 packages
found in
Top 100
102 packages
found in
Top 1k
348 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.32k packages
in community

Next steps

Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.

Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as high severity.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

68 packages
found in
Top 100
555 packages
found in
Top 1k
3086 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.47k packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.

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 being the first to try out a new project 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 Visual Studio Code community

25 packages
found in
Top 100
151 packages
found in
Top 1k
793 packages
found in
Top 10k
3.71k 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

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
547 packages
found in
Top 1k
2891 packages
found in
Top 10k
14.99k packages
in community

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

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
52 packages
found in
Top 100
290 packages
found in
Top 1k
981 packages
found in
Top 10k
4.36k packages
in community

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

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior often found in this community (Common)
56 packages
found in
Top 100
371 packages
found in
Top 1k
1288 packages
found in
Top 10k
6.05k packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(1 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2024-21538h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated

FAQ for Path Tools

What is Path Tools?

A couple of path utilities. For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is Path Tools malicious or is it safe to use?

The VS Code package Path Tools was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. The package contains risks, and the analysis results should be reviewed before it is downloaded and used. Visit the Issues and Behaviors sections of the analysis for more details.

Is Path Tools popular?

The VS Code package Path Tools ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 9K recorded downloads. A package's popularity is not a good indicator of its safety, visit the SAFE Assessment section to see the full analysis of package deployment risk categories.

How do I secure Path Tools once it is in my app?

Since we can't know when or where malicious attacks will happen, we recommend tracking how Path Tools behaviors change over multiple software releases. By adopting differential analysis in your release process, you can detect unexpected changes to a Path Tools version, which can prevent advanced software supply chain attacks. Read how our technology can help prevent future attacks similar to SolarWinds and 3CX.

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