List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Count
Category
Modifies file/directory permissions.1
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
535 packages
found in
Top 1k
2853 packages
found in
Top 10k
14133 packages
in community
Contains potentially obfuscated code or data.4
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior commonly used by malicious software (Important)
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
3 packages
found in
Top 100
26 packages
found in
Top 1k
64 packages
found in
Top 10k
359 packages
in community
Evaluates code dynamically.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
15 packages
found in
Top 100
65 packages
found in
Top 1k
252 packages
found in
Top 10k
1295 packages
in community
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.11
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
85 packages
found in
Top 100
673 packages
found in
Top 1k
4329 packages
found in
Top 10k
28768 packages
in community
Encodes data using the Base64 algorithm.4
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
81 packages
found in
Top 100
631 packages
found in
Top 1k
3887 packages
found in
Top 10k
24357 packages
in community
Decodes data using the Base64 algorithm.1
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
73 packages
found in
Top 100
573 packages
found in
Top 1k
3170 packages
found in
Top 10k
17492 packages
in community
Opens a TCP connection to a remote server.7
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
76 packages
found in
Top 100
599 packages
found in
Top 1k
3178 packages
found in
Top 10k
16700 packages
in community
Contains URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.3
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
78 packages
found in
Top 100
618 packages
found in
Top 1k
4203 packages
found in
Top 10k
27868 packages
in community
Encodes data using the Base16 algorithm.1
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
83 packages
found in
Top 100
638 packages
found in
Top 1k
3956 packages
found in
Top 10k
23785 packages
in community
Accesses a shell configuration file.2
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
26 packages
found in
Top 100
202 packages
found in
Top 1k
1042 packages
found in
Top 10k
5068 packages
in community
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