atex

v0.22 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

Ad-hoc Test EXecution

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows moderate risk due to its high shell risk score and typosquatting behavior, despite having no direct signs of malicious activities like obfuscation or credential harvesting.

  • High shell risk potentially allowing for remote command execution
  • Typosquatting targeting 'tox'
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls were detected, reducing immediate risk of unauthorized external communications.
  • Shell: Detected shell execution patterns suggest potential for remote command execution, which may indicate malicious intent or unexpected functionality.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk of malicious intent.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, suggesting safe handling of secrets and credentials.
  • Metadata: The author's information is incomplete and the account seems new or inactive, raising suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.
  • ⚠ Typosquatting target: tox

📦 Package Quality Overall: Low (4.0/10)

◈ Medium Test Suite 6.0

Partial test coverage signals detected

  • Test runner config found: pyproject.toml
◈ Medium Documentation 5.0

Some documentation present

  • Detailed PyPI description (5117 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 2.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • No CONTRIBUTING, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, or governance files found
○ Low Type Annotations 1.0

No type annotations detected

  • No type annotations, py.typed marker, or stub files detected
◈ Medium Multiple Contributors 6.0

Limited contributor diversity

  • 2 unique contributor(s) across 100 commits in RHSecurityCompliance/atex
  • Two distinct contributors found

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

⚠ Shell / Subprocess Execution score 8.0

Found 4 shell execution pattern(s)

  • from None proc = subprocess.run(( "ssh", "-q", "-i", m.ssh_key.absolute(),
  • er: {helper_cmd}") proc = subprocess.run( helper_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
  • lper_cmd}") helper_proc = subprocess.Popen( helper_cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
  • }", ) proc = subprocess.run([ "ssh", "-q", "-i", args.helper_sshkey, "-p", d
✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

⚠ Typosquatting score 3.0

Possible typosquat of: tox

  • "atex" is 2 edit(s) from "tox"
✓ Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

Repository RHSecurityCompliance/atex 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 atex 
Your task is to develop a fully-functional mini-application named 'AdHocTester' using the Python package 'atex', which is designed for ad-hoc test execution. This tool will enable users to write and run tests dynamically without needing to set up a full testing framework beforehand. Here’s a detailed guide on how to proceed:

1. **Project Setup**: Begin by installing the 'atex' package in your virtual environment. Ensure you have Python 3.8 or later installed.
2. **Core Functionality**:
   - Implement a command-line interface (CLI) where users can input their test cases as strings or load them from files.
   - Use 'atex' to execute these test cases. 'atex' should support basic assertions like equality checks, boolean checks, etc.
3. **Suggested Features**:
   - Allow users to specify expected outcomes directly in their test inputs.
   - Provide feedback on test results immediately after execution, including success/failure status and any relevant error messages.
   - Enable saving of test results for future reference.
4. **User Interface**:
   - Design the CLI to be user-friendly, guiding users through the process of writing and executing tests.
5. **Testing Your Application**:
   - Write several sample test cases to demonstrate the functionality of your application.
   - Include a README file explaining how to install and use the application.
6. **Documentation**:
   - Document the structure of the test cases that can be accepted by your application.
   - Explain how 'atex' is integrated into your application and how it contributes to the ad-hoc testing capability.
7. **Deployment**:
   - Package your application as a standalone executable or upload it to a repository like GitHub.

By completing this project, you will have developed a versatile tool for quick, on-the-fly testing scenarios, making it easier to validate assumptions or hypotheses about code behavior without the overhead of traditional testing frameworks.

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