SōjiTantei: Function-Call Reachability Detection of Vulnerable Code for npm Packages

• CHINTHANET Bodin

  Nara Institute of Science and Technology

• GAIKOVINA KULA Raula

  Nara Institute of Science and Technology

• ELIZA ZAPATA Rodrigo

  Nara Institute of Science and Technology

• ISHIO Takashi

  Nara Institute of Science and Technology

• MATSUMOTO Kenichi

  Nara Institute of Science and Technology

• IHARA Akinori

  Wakayama University

Abstract

It has become common practice for software projects to adopt third-party dependencies. Developers are encouraged to update any outdated dependency to remain safe from potential threats of vulnerabilities. In this study, we present an approach to aid developers show whether or not a vulnerable code is reachable for JavaScript projects. Our prototype, SōjiTantei, is evaluated in two ways (i) the accuracy when compared to a manual approach and (ii) a larger-scale analysis of 780 clients from 78 security vulnerability cases. The first evaluation shows that SōjiTantei has a high accuracy of 83.3%, with a speed of less than a second analysis per client. The second evaluation reveals that 68 out of the studied 78 vulnerabilities reported having at least one clean client. The study proves that automation is promising with the potential for further improvement.

Journal

• IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

  IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems E105.D (1), 19-20, 2022-01-01

  The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

Keywords

• vulnerable code
• reachability detection
• JavaScript

Details

• CRID: 1390572092344362880
• NII Article ID: 130008138808
• DOI: 10.1587/transinf.2021mpl0001
• ISSN: 17451361
• ISSN: 09168532
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transinf/E105.D/1/E105.D_2021MPL0001/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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