afdko

v5.0.1 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows moderate risk due to potential code obfuscation and shell execution, which may indicate unconventional or potentially malicious intent.

  • High obfuscation risk due to use of eval()
  • Unusual shell execution patterns
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, indicating low risk for direct data exfiltration or C2.
  • Shell: Shell execution patterns suggest the package may be intended to run external programs, which is unusual and requires further investigation into the legitimacy of these operations.
  • Obfuscation: The code uses dynamic evaluation with eval(), which is a common obfuscation technique and can be used for malicious purposes.
  • Credentials: No direct harvesting of credentials or secrets is observed in the provided code snippets.
  • Metadata: The maintainer has only one package, which could indicate a new or less active account, but no other suspicious flags were raised.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

⚠ Code Obfuscation score 10.0

Found 6 obfuscation pattern(s)

  • ag + clientMethod state = eval("params." + methodName) try: state = eval(state)
  • odName) try: state = eval(state) except TypeError: pass if state: s
  • params.metaDataTextSize eval("self." + methodName + "(params)") def writeErrorList(sel
  • self.hhints[i] h1 = float(eval(hint[0])) width = float( eval(hint[1])) h2 = h1 + widt
  • l(hint[0])) width = float( eval(hint[1])) h2 = h1 + width if params.rt_hintTableList:
  • self.vhints[i] h1 = float(eval(hint[0])) width = float( eval(hint[1])) h2 = h1 + widt
⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 10.0

Found 6 shell execution pattern(s)

  • ): try: command = subprocess.run([antlr_program], capture_output=True) except (subprocess
  • not args.dry_run: a = subprocess.run(prog, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, std
  • t else None try: subprocess.check_call(args, stderr=sup, stdout=sup) return True except
  • """ try: proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE
  • try: bytes_output = subprocess.check_output(args, stderr=stderr) str_output = bytes_output.decod
  • t=None): try: p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=shell, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

Email domain looks legitimate: adobe.com>

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository adobe-type-tools/afdko appears legitimate

⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Adobe Type team & friends" 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 afdko 
Develop a Python-based font manipulation tool named 'FontForgeHelper' that leverages the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO) to provide advanced capabilities for font designers and developers. This tool will serve as a bridge between Python scripting and AFDKO commands, enabling users to automate various tasks related to font development and analysis.

### Key Features:
1. **Font Conversion**: Users should be able to convert fonts between different formats supported by AFDKO, such as TTF to OTF and vice versa.
2. **Font Validation**: Implement a feature to validate fonts against the latest OpenType specifications using AFDKO’s validation tools. This includes checking for common issues like missing glyphs, incorrect character mappings, and other compliance problems.
3. **Glyph Editing**: Allow basic editing of glyphs within fonts, such as renaming, adding new glyphs, and removing existing ones. This should leverage AFDKO’s glyph manipulation capabilities.
4. **Font Information Extraction**: Provide an interface to extract detailed information about fonts, including metrics, kerning pairs, and other font-specific data.
5. **Custom Scripts**: Enable users to write custom scripts that can interact with AFDKO commands via Python, allowing for more complex font manipulations and analyses.

### How to Utilize AFDKO:
- **Integration**: Use the `afdko` Python package to integrate AFDKO commands into your Python scripts seamlessly. This involves calling AFDKO binaries from within your Python code.
- **Automation**: Automate repetitive tasks by chaining multiple AFDKO commands together in your Python scripts.
- **Error Handling**: Implement robust error handling to manage any issues that arise during the execution of AFDKO commands, ensuring that the user is informed of any errors or warnings.
- **User Interface**: Develop a simple command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with your tool, making it accessible and easy to use for both beginners and experienced font developers.

### Expected Outcome:
By the end of this project, you will have developed a versatile font manipulation tool that not only simplifies the process of working with fonts but also enhances the capabilities of font developers by integrating powerful AFDKO functionalities through a Pythonic interface.