SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Foxit PDF Creator
Chrome extension·by Foxit Software
0
/ 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
15%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
20%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
18
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8000000
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 18 distinct issues across 6 severities
18
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical16%
High739%
Needs Review00%
Medium633%
Low422%
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 · Aug 1, 2026
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