Is "Python Debugger" on OpenVSX Registry Safe to Install?
VerifiedPython Debugger extension using debugpy.
Risk Assessment
Analyzed4148 security findings detected across all analyzers
Open VSX extension analyzed via package manifest and static code analysis
Severity Breakdown
Finding Categories
YARA Rules Matched
17 rules(857 hits)About This Extension
Detailed Findings
857 totalYARA Rule Matches
17 rulesIndicators of Compromise
Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis
All Indicators · 141
detected Domain: mobile.events.data.microsoft.com XIOC detected Domain: mobile.events.data.microsoft.com
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detected URL: https://js.monitor.azure.com/scripts/b/ai.2.min.js XIOC detected URL: https://js.monitor.azure.com/scripts/b/ai.2.min.js
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detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2128109 XIOC detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2128109
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detected URL: https:// XIOC detected URL: https://
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detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-throttling-errors XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-throttling-errors
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detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-subscription-service-limits XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-subscription-service-limits
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detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#versioning-of-traceparent XIOC detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#versioning-of-traceparent
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detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/ XIOC detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/
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detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-wiki/blob/main/Breaking-Changes.md#extending-built-ins-like-error-array-and-map-may-no-longer-work XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-wiki/blob/main/Breaking-Changes.md#extending-built-ins-like-error-array-and-map-may-no-longer-work
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detected URL: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/blob/main/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/AnchoredClock.java XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/blob/main/sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/AnchoredClock.java
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detected URL: https://github.com/w3c/baggage/blob/master/baggage/HTTP_HEADER_FORMAT.md XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/w3c/baggage/blob/master/baggage/HTTP_HEADER_FORMAT.md
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detected URL: https://w3c.github.io/baggage/ XIOC detected URL: https://w3c.github.io/baggage/
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detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#tracestate-field). XIOC detected URL: https://www.w3.org/TR/trace-context/#tracestate-field).
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_instances.html). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_instances.html).
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detected URL: https://cloud.google.com/about/locations). XIOC detected URL: https://cloud.google.com/about/locations).
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detected URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/geographies/), XIOC detected URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/geographies/),
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detected URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/), XIOC detected URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/),
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detected URL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/40654.htm), XIOC detected URL: https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/40654.htm),
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detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/3841#issuecomment-337560146 XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/3841#issuecomment-337560146
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detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment_environment) XIOC detected URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment_environment)
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detected URL: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#container-identification). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#container-identification).
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/iam-access-control-overview-cwl.html#CWL_ARN_Format). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/iam-access-control-overview-cwl.html#CWL_ARN_Format).
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task_definitions.html). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/task_definitions.html).
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/launch_types.html) XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/launch_types.html)
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/clusters.html). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/clusters.html).
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-versions.html) XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-versions.html)
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detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/resources/get-by-id). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/resources/resources/get-by-id).
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detected URL: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/full-resource-names) XIOC detected URL: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/full-resource-names)
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-aliases.html) XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-aliases.html)
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detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html).
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detected URL: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids) XIOC detected URL: https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids)
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detected URL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidevice/1620059-identifierforvendor). XIOC detected URL: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uidevice/1620059-identifierforvendor).
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detected URL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_namespace) XIOC detected URL: https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#_namespace)
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detected URL: https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra-oss/3.0/cassandra/dml/dmlConfigConsistency.html). XIOC detected URL: https://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra-oss/3.0/cassandra/dml/dmlConfigConsistency.html).
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detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/building-the-connection-url?view=sql-server-ver15) XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/building-the-connection-url?view=sql-server-ver15)
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detected URL: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/#database-operations) XIOC detected URL: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/#database-operations)
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detected Domain: state-cjs.cjs.map XIOC detected Domain: state-cjs.cjs.map
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detected Domain: o.bj XIOC detected Domain: o.bj
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detected Domain: i.name XIOC detected Domain: i.name
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detected Domain: bcode.to XIOC detected Domain: bcode.to
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detected Domain: concretebytecode.to XIOC detected Domain: concretebytecode.to
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detected Domain: xxxx.py XIOC detected Domain: xxxx.py
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detected Domain: blocks.to XIOC detected Domain: blocks.to
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detected Domain: code.to XIOC detected Domain: code.to
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detected Domain: code.name XIOC detected Domain: code.name
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detected Domain: bytecode.to XIOC detected Domain: bytecode.to
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detected Domain: manager.is XIOC detected Domain: manager.is
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detected Domain: compare.gt XIOC detected Domain: compare.gt
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detected Domain: noopt.to XIOC detected Domain: noopt.to
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detected Domain: compare.lt XIOC detected Domain: compare.lt
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detected Domain: optim.to XIOC detected Domain: optim.to
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detected Domain: each.name XIOC detected Domain: each.name
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detected Domain: jump.is XIOC detected Domain: jump.is
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detected Domain: cython.threadinfo.is XIOC detected Domain: cython.threadinfo.is
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detected Domain: cfunc.to XIOC detected Domain: cfunc.to
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detected Domain: monitor.free XIOC detected Domain: monitor.free
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detected Domain: info.thread.name XIOC detected Domain: info.thread.name
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detected Domain: bp.is XIOC detected Domain: bp.is
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detected Domain: other.py XIOC detected Domain: other.py
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detected Domain: monitor.events.py XIOC detected Domain: monitor.events.py
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detected Domain: gobject.io XIOC detected Domain: gobject.io
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detected Domain: gui-glut.py XIOC detected Domain: gui-glut.py
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detected Domain: tk.tk XIOC detected Domain: tk.tk
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detected Domain: tkinter.tk XIOC detected Domain: tkinter.tk
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detected Domain: wx.app XIOC detected Domain: wx.app
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detected Domain: docs.google.com XIOC detected Domain: docs.google.com
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detected Domain: threadinfo.is XIOC detected Domain: threadinfo.is
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detected Domain: pylab.show XIOC detected Domain: pylab.show
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detected Domain: matplotlib.is XIOC detected Domain: matplotlib.is
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detected Domain: elr.run XIOC detected Domain: elr.run
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detected Domain: self.evtloop.run XIOC detected Domain: self.evtloop.run
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detected Domain: pyglet.app.windows XIOC detected Domain: pyglet.app.windows
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detected Domain: groups.google.com XIOC detected Domain: groups.google.com
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detected Domain: glib.io XIOC detected Domain: glib.io
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detected Domain: thread.do XIOC detected Domain: thread.do
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detected Domain: constants.support XIOC detected Domain: constants.support
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detected Domain: pydevconsol.py XIOC detected Domain: pydevconsol.py
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detected Domain: command.run XIOC detected Domain: command.run
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detected Domain: sw-brainwy.rhcloud.com XIOC detected Domain: sw-brainwy.rhcloud.com
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detected Domain: 1.2.bar XIOC detected Domain: 1.2.bar
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detected Domain: pyplot.show XIOC detected Domain: pyplot.show
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detected Domain: pydb.do XIOC detected Domain: pydb.do
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detected Domain: cmd.do XIOC detected Domain: cmd.do
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detected Domain: self.post XIOC detected Domain: self.post
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detected Domain: writer.do XIOC detected Domain: writer.do
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detected Domain: reader.do XIOC detected Domain: reader.do
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detected Domain: filtering.in XIOC detected Domain: filtering.in
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detected Domain: cancel.is XIOC detected Domain: cancel.is
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detected Domain: process.pid XIOC detected Domain: process.pid
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detected Domain: subprocess.call XIOC detected Domain: subprocess.call
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detected Domain: readerthread.do XIOC detected Domain: readerthread.do
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detected Domain: self.reader.do XIOC detected Domain: self.reader.do
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detected Domain: self.reader.run XIOC detected Domain: self.reader.run
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detected Domain: t.do XIOC detected Domain: t.do
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detected Domain: frame.name XIOC detected Domain: frame.name
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detected Domain: linux.so XIOC detected Domain: linux.so
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detected Domain: p.pid XIOC detected Domain: p.pid
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detected Domain: program.py XIOC detected Domain: program.py
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detected Domain: process.run XIOC detected Domain: process.run
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detected Domain: binaries.zip XIOC detected Domain: binaries.zip
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detected Domain: debugger.run XIOC detected Domain: debugger.run
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detected Domain: appserver.py XIOC detected Domain: appserver.py
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detected Domain: mac.sh XIOC detected Domain: mac.sh
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detected Domain: linux.sh XIOC detected Domain: linux.sh
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detected Domain: pyrasite.com XIOC detected Domain: pyrasite.com
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detected Domain: www.codeproject.com XIOC detected Domain: www.codeproject.com
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detected Domain: www.defcon.org XIOC detected Domain: www.defcon.org
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detected Domain: pytools.codeplex.com XIOC detected Domain: pytools.codeplex.com
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detected Domain: settrace.py XIOC detected Domain: settrace.py
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detected Domain: libm.so XIOC detected Domain: libm.so
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detected Domain: macamd64.inc XIOC detected Domain: macamd64.inc
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detected Domain: prepare.py XIOC detected Domain: prepare.py
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detected Domain: winappdbg.win XIOC detected Domain: winappdbg.win
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detected Domain: support.inc XIOC detected Domain: support.inc
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detected Domain: vcruntime.inc XIOC detected Domain: vcruntime.inc
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detected Domain: shutdown.im XIOC detected Domain: shutdown.im
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detected Domain: data.rel.ro XIOC detected Domain: data.rel.ro
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detected Domain: note.gnu.build XIOC detected Domain: note.gnu.build
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detected Domain: note.gnu.property XIOC detected Domain: note.gnu.property
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detected Domain: libc.so XIOC detected Domain: libc.so
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detected Domain: cruntime.inc XIOC detected Domain: cruntime.inc
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detected Domain: sse.inc XIOC detected Domain: sse.inc
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detected Domain: exsup.inc XIOC detected Domain: exsup.inc
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detected Domain: cmacros.inc XIOC detected Domain: cmacros.inc
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detected Domain: quay.io XIOC detected Domain: quay.io
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detected Domain: pentium4.inc XIOC detected Domain: pentium4.inc
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detected Domain: elem87.inc XIOC detected Domain: elem87.inc
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detected Domain: debug.watch XIOC detected Domain: debug.watch
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detected Domain: aprocess.read XIOC detected Domain: aprocess.read
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detected Domain: www.nynaeve.net XIOC detected Domain: www.nynaeve.net
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detected Domain: www.virtualbox.org XIOC detected Domain: www.virtualbox.org
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Security Analysis Summary
Security Analysis Overview
Python Debugger is a OpenVSX Registry extension published by ms-python. Version 2025.18.0 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 97.29/100 (CRITICAL risk) based on 4148 security findings.
Risk Assessment
This extension presents critical security risk. Severe issues were detected, potentially including malware indicators, exposed secrets, or dangerous behaviors. Installation is strongly discouraged until these issues are addressed.
Findings Breakdown
- High: 857 finding(s)
- Medium: 2945 finding(s)
What Was Analyzed
The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:
- Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
- Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
- Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
- Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
- Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques
Developer Information
Python Debugger is published by ms-python on the OpenVSX Registry marketplace.
Recommendation
This extension is not recommended for installation without thorough manual review. Consider alternatives with lower risk scores, or contact the developer to address the identified security concerns.
Source Code Not Available
Source code is not available for this version of the extension.
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