List of software behaviors discovered with static code analysis.
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Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.5
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 Base16 algorithm.6
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
Executes files during installation or upon launch.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
834 packages
found in
Top 1k
6690 packages
found in
Top 10k
83799 packages
in community
Contains IP addresses.1
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
709 packages
found in
Top 1k
4291 packages
found in
Top 10k
27290 packages
in community
Contains an uninterrupted sequence of Unicode-escaped characters.5
evasion
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
553 packages
found in
Top 1k
3345 packages
found in
Top 10k
19620 packages
in community
Converts binary data to its string representation, commonly used in obfuscation.1
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
89 packages
found in
Top 100
766 packages
found in
Top 1k
5466 packages
found in
Top 10k
40800 packages
in community
Writes to files.1
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
88 packages
found in
Top 100
758 packages
found in
Top 1k
5321 packages
found in
Top 10k
40027 packages
in community
Accesses the file system.2
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
658 packages
found in
Top 1k
4388 packages
found in
Top 10k
29995 packages
in community
The VS Code extension has an activation function that executes code.2
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
643 packages
found in
Top 1k
4790 packages
found in
Top 10k
66215 packages
in community
Might create additional elements programmatically.1
document
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
77 packages
found in
Top 100
599 packages
found in
Top 1k
3591 packages
found in
Top 10k
22257 packages
in community
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