SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Google PDF Viewer

Firefox extension·by def00111

How it ranks

Google PDF Viewer's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
99%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
90%of its category extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
0
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
4
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
8
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
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low00%
Info00%

Permissions requested

4 risky permissions of 8 total
4 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 4 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

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Info
*://*/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=*&pdf=true

No additional information available.

Info
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=*&pdf=true

No additional information available.

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