SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PDF-Direct
Firefox extension·by Matti Vuorre
How it ranks
PDF-Direct's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
99%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
90%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
0
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
2
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
19
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 0 distinct issues across 6 severities
0
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 19 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 19 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Block and modify web requests
Can intercept, block, or modify any network request before it completes
Info
*://*.acm.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.acs.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.cambridge.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.ieee.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.jstor.org/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.nature.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.oup.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.plos.org/*
No additional information available.
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