ModuleTester

v1.0.1 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

ModuleTester is a test management software for Python packages

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package exhibits moderate risks due to shell execution capabilities and potential obfuscation techniques, despite having no clear signs of malicious intent such as credential harvesting or network calls.

  • Shell execution present
  • Potential for obfuscation
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected.
  • Shell: Shell execution is present and could be used to execute arbitrary commands, which may pose a risk if not properly sanitized.
  • Obfuscation: The use of __import__ with dynamic module loading suggests potential obfuscation or evasion techniques, increasing suspicion.
  • Credentials: No clear signs of credential harvesting observed.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has a new or inactive account and lacks a proper author name, raising some suspicion but not definitive evidence of malice.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

Code Obfuscation score 2.0

Found 1 obfuscation pattern(s)

  • try: __import__(obj) return cls(sys.modules[obj]) ex
Shell / Subprocess Execution score 10.0

Found 6 shell execution pattern(s)

  • d() self._proc = subprocess.Popen( self._command, shell=True,
  • , ] ) proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) wh
  • _path, builddir]) proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) wh
  • s", "rst2odt.py") proc = subprocess.Popen(" ".join([python, script, source, dest])) while proc.re
  • ", "rst2html.py") proc = subprocess.Popen(" ".join([python, script, source, dest])) while proc.re
  • elf._command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, st
Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: codra.fr>

Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

Git Repository History

Repository Codra-Ingenierie-Informatique/ModuleTester appears legitimate

Maintainer History score 4.0

2 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with ModuleTester
Create a fully-functional mini-application called 'TestMaster' that leverages the 'ModuleTester' package to manage and execute unit tests for various Python projects. This application will serve as a user-friendly interface for developers to easily set up, run, and analyze test results from their Python modules and packages.

Step 1: Set Up the Project Structure
- Initialize a new Python project named 'TestMaster'
- Install the 'ModuleTester' package as a dependency
- Create a main script file and a configuration file for setting up test environments

Step 2: Design the Core Functionality
- Implement a function to scan a given directory for Python files and identify potential test modules
- Use 'ModuleTester' to load these test modules into your application
- Develop a feature to configure test execution parameters such as verbosity, test selection criteria, etc.

Step 3: Execute Tests
- Integrate 'ModuleTester' to run the selected tests
- Capture and store the output of each test case including pass/fail status and error messages
- Provide real-time feedback on test execution progress

Step 4: Analyze Results
- After all tests have been executed, generate a comprehensive report summarizing the test outcomes
- Include statistics such as total tests run, number of passes, failures, and skipped tests
- Allow users to export the test report in formats like HTML or PDF

Suggested Features:
- Support for multiple test frameworks (e.g., unittest, pytest)
- Integration with popular CI/CD tools for automated testing
- Graphical user interface for easier interaction
- Email notifications upon completion of test runs

How to Utilize 'ModuleTester':
- Use 'ModuleTester' to dynamically discover and load test cases from specified directories
- Leverage its capabilities to run tests under different conditions (e.g., with coverage analysis)
- Employ 'ModuleTester' to parse test outputs and extract relevant information for reporting purposes