SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Foxit PDF Creator
Chrome extension·by Foxit Software
75
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
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How it ranks
Foxit PDF Creator's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
14%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 421,529 extensions
In Productivity
16%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 206,551 productivity extensions
Findings
15
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
9000000
median 13vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical17%
High640%
Needs Review00%
Medium533%
Low320%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 risky permissions of 4 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Oct 24, 2026
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