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The Socket Research Team breaks down a malicious wrapper package that uses obfuscation to harvest credentials and exfiltrate sensitive data.
changed name from "searequire"
npm install crequire
js:
require('a');
//require('b');
/require('c')/;
'require("d")';
if(true)/require('e')/;
do /require('f')/.test(s); while(false);
parser output:
{
"string": "require('a')",
"path": "a",
"index": 0,
"flag": null
}
crequire: normal x 139,605 ops/sec ±5.29% (80 runs sampled)
detective: normal x 38,301 ops/sec ±7.10% (74 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: reg & comment x 232,023 ops/sec ±0.88% (95 runs sampled)
detective: reg & comment x 72,712 ops/sec ±1.39% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: after return x 138,280 ops/sec ±1.05% (95 runs sampled)
detective: after return x 17,690 ops/sec ±2.43% (77 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in quote x 1,122,979 ops/sec ±1.88% (94 runs sampled)
detective: in quote x 165,281 ops/sec ±5.10% (85 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in comment x 1,183,076 ops/sec ±1.21% (95 runs sampled)
detective: in comment x 415,236 ops/sec ±1.42% (97 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in multi comment x 1,165,799 ops/sec ±1.29% (88 runs sampled)
detective: in multi comment x 375,485 ops/sec ±1.15% (91 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in reg x 879,704 ops/sec ±0.90% (94 runs sampled)
detective: in reg x 118,294 ops/sec ±1.65% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in ifstmt with no {} x 311,524 ops/sec ±1.06% (95 runs sampled)
detective: in ifstmt with no {} x 77,100 ops/sec ±1.15% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: in dostmt with no {} x 150,815 ops/sec ±1.52% (92 runs sampled)
detective: in dostmt with no {} x 47,510 ops/sec ±1.30% (91 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
crequire: reg / reg x 656,564 ops/sec ±0.91% (94 runs sampled)
detective: reg / reg:
Fastest is crequire
crequire: ignore variable x 270,350 ops/sec ±3.61% (87 runs sampled)
detective: ignore variable x 60,427 ops/sec ±1.29% (91 runs sampled)
Fastest is crequire
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We found that crequire demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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