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failIncident: Malware
Scanned: 7 days ago

MASM Runner

Artifact:
latest
malicious
Top 10k
Extension for compiling and running MASM (Microsoft Macro Assembly Language)
License: Permissive (MIT)
Published: 3 months ago
Publisher: istareatscreens
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SAFE Assessment

Compliance

Licenses
2 copyleft licensed components
Secrets
5 debugging symbols found

Security

Vulnerabilities
1 patch mandated vulnerabilities
Hardening
64 baseline mitigations missing

Threats

Tampering
No evidence of software tampering
Malware
1 suspicious components found

INCIDENTS FOR THIS VERSION:

malware
3 months agoReported By: ReversingLabs (Automated)
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Popularity

18.82k
Total Installs
1
Contributor
1
Declared Dependencies
0
Dependents

Top issues

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Problem

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors. Regulatory body or a government agency has issued a patching mandate for all software components affected by the identified vulnerabilities.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

12 packages
found in
Top 100
57 packages
found in
Top 1k
135 packages
found in
Top 10k
455 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

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

Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors. Malware code that propagates through these vulnerabilities has been created. This increases the chance of automated malware attacks affecting the software component users.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

27 packages
found in
Top 100
164 packages
found in
Top 1k
531 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.18k 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

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

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

60 packages
found in
Top 100
453 packages
found in
Top 1k
2271 packages
found in
Top 10k
12.07k packages
in community

Next steps

Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
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

Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX) is a vulnerability mitigation option that prevents data from being interpreted as code anywhere within the application. This mitigation protects the application stack, heap and other memory data ranges. Executable files that fail to implement this mitigation expose the user to increased risks of malicious code injection.

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

10 packages
found in
Top 100
83 packages
found in
Top 1k
298 packages
found in
Top 10k
1.03k packages
in community

Next steps

It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.
To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable DEP mitigation by setting the linker option /NXCOMPAT to ON.

Top behaviors

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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
17 packages
found in
Top 1k
29 packages
found in
Top 10k
88 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
9 packages
found in
Top 1k
24 packages
found in
Top 10k
72 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
9 packages
found in
Top 1k
18 packages
found in
Top 10k
64 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
9 packages
found in
Top 1k
18 packages
found in
Top 10k
61 packages
in community

Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community

Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
2 packages
found in
Top 100
17 packages
found in
Top 1k
38 packages
found in
Top 10k
158 packages
in community

Top vulnerabilities

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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(86 Active Vulnerabilities)
62 (62 Fixable)
CVE-2016-0705c
CVE-2016-0799c
CVE-2016-2177c
24 (24 Fixable)
CVE-2016-2108c
CVE-2016-9841c
CVE-2016-9843c
4 (4 Fixable)
CVE-2014-0160h
CVE-2014-0224h
CVE-2014-0195m
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2014-0160h
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated

FAQ for MASM Runner

What is MASM Runner?

Extension for compiling and running MASM (Microsoft Macro Assembly Language). For more information about this package, visit its homepage.

Is MASM Runner malicious or is it safe to use?

The VS Code package MASM Runner was scanned for malware, software tampering, risky behaviors, exposed secrets and known vulnerabilities. Malware or tampering has been detected, making it unsafe to download and use. 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. All versions of the MASM Runner package were malicious.

Is MASM Runner popular?

The VS Code package MASM Runner ranks among the top 10000 projects in this community. It has 19K 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 MASM Runner once it is in my app?

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

Did you know...

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We recommend continuous software safeness monitoring through CI/CD integrations and pre-release/deployment checks. In addition to basic package information found on this page our platform offers rich reports for developers and DevSecOps that help them remediate all reported issues.