Top issues
Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the DEP vulnerability mitigation protection.
Causes risk: baseline mitigations missing
hardening
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
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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.
Detected Windows executable files compiled without following the SDL best practices while using banned string functions.
Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detected
hardening
Problem
Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a group of enhanced compile-time checks that report common coding mistakes as errors. These checks prevent the use of hard-to-secure string manipulation functions. They enforce static memory access checks, and allow only the use of range-verified string parsing functions. While these checks do not prevent every memory corruption issue by themselves, they do help reduce the likelihood.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
It's highly recommended to enable these checks for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.
To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.
Detected Windows executable files with imported functions susceptible to pointer hijacking.
Causes risk: execution hijacking concerns
hardening
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
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.
Detected Windows executable files with TLS callbacks susceptible to pointer hijacking.
Causes risk: execution hijacking concerns
hardening
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
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.
Detected Linux executable files that declare the stack as executable, making non-executable memory mitigations less effective.
Causes risk: baseline mitigations missing
hardening
Problem
The stack is a special program segment which is writable by design, and is commonly used to store function-specific data and execution context. Granting execution privileges to the stack segment reduces application security, because it makes it possible to execute arbitrary code stored on the stack. While many modern compilers will implement a non-executable stack by default, it can be unintentionally disabled or made explicitly executable in automatically generated or misconfigured compiler options.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Enable non-executable stack mitigation with the -z noexecstack parameter during compilation.
Top behaviors
Retrieves the name of the user associated with the process.
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Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeDeletes the value of a registry key.
registry
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeDeletes a registry key and its values.
registry
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeRequests permission to open other processes.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeModifies file/directory permissions.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
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Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(5 Active Vulnerabilities)
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2024-47554m
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2022-36033m
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None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated