SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
PDF Recover
Firefox extension·by Large Cardinal
75
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
PDF Recover's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
24%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,581 extensions
In Download Management
16%of download management extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 4,802 download management extensions
Findings
16
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
4
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
5
median 9vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 16 distinct issues across 6 severities
16
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical16%
High319%
Needs Review00%
Medium1169%
Low16%
Info00%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 4 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 4 permissions in total. 4 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
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
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 22, 2026
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