Is "Beautiful Hieroglyphs" on Firefox Add-ons Safe to Install?

Beautiful Hieroglyphs · firefox · v0.4.0

Replaces images that look like they are from wikihiero usage with higher quality alternatives. Fonts provided are based on the tuxscribe glyphs found here: https://www.qsl.net/5/5b4az/ , with some colour correction to better match historical usage, as well as the New Gardiner font found here: https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/fonts/newgardiner.html The images are packaged inside of the extension, so there are no additional network overheads from using it. 63 of the images are not currently replaced, These remaining edge cases will be fixed in future releases. This extension is based on work by Neoklis Kyriazis and modifies the results of work by Guillaume Blanchard, both of whom are thanked for their contributions towards the beautiful rendition of Ancient Egyptian writing.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed
100
out of 100
CRITICAL

1775 security findings detected across all analyzers

Firefox extension requesting 2 permissions

Severity Breakdown

0
Critical
5
High
1770
Medium
0
Low
0
Info

Finding Categories

5
Malware Signatures
975
Obfuscation
20
IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

5 rules
postinstall obfuscation postinstall persistence mechanism postinstall system command postinstall file download postinstall network communication

Requested Permissions

2 permissions
<all_urls>

Access and modify data on every website you visit

Dangerous
storage
Low

About This Extension

Replaces images that look like they are from wikihiero usage with higher quality alternatives. Fonts provided are based on the tuxscribe glyphs found here: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/83e7ecff2544672efffe7d1d146fd475e7f52216f093bff22ce55a0ec73b6e04/https%3A//www.qsl.net/5/5b4az/" rel="nofollow">https://www.qsl.net/5/5b4az/</a>, with some colour correction to better match historical usage, as well as the New Gardiner font found here: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e0a7243fe9f463b2faf02d923c51d57e3fb9093843aaae355d86e24c6832b7f9/https%3A//mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/fonts/newgardiner.html" rel="nofollow">https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/fonts/newgardiner.html</a> The images are packaged inside of the extension, so there are no additional network overheads from using it. 63 of the images are not currently replaced, These remaining edge cases will be fixed in future releases. This extension is based on work by Neoklis Kyriazis and modifies the results of work by Guillaume Blanchard, both of whom are thanked for their contributions towards the beautiful rendition of Ancient Egyptian writing.

Detailed Findings

980 total

YARA Rule Matches

5 rules

Indicators of Compromise

Network indicators, suspicious strings, and potential IoCs extracted during analysis

URLs
9
Domains
10
Strings
20

All Indicators · 20

Domain
detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

XIOC detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: t91129ce162ac6aba8618798ba0ac59e4.5886acb37b1f41acf5e8abd8c6845038.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: t91129ce162ac6aba8618798ba0ac59e4.5886acb37b1f41acf5e8abd8c6845038.addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: beautiful-hieroglyphs.com

XIOC detected Domain: beautiful-hieroglyphs.com

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: mozilla.com

XIOC detected Domain: mozilla.com

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#

XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

XIOC detected URL: http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://addons.mozilla.org/ca/crl.pem0N

XIOC detected URL: http://addons.mozilla.org/ca/crl.pem0N

extracted_from_files

Other
detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: www.gimp.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.gimp.org

extracted_from_files

URL
detected Domain: purl.org

XIOC detected Domain: purl.org

extracted_from_files

Hash
detected MD5 Hash: 5886acb37b1f41acf5e8abd8c6845038

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 5886acb37b1f41acf5e8abd8c6845038

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/

XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/

XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://www.gimp.org/xmp/

XIOC detected URL: http://www.gimp.org/xmp/

extracted_from_files

URL
detected URL: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

XIOC detected URL: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

extracted_from_files

Domain
detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Beautiful Hieroglyphs is a Firefox Add-ons extension published by Beautiful Hieroglyphs. Version 0.4.0 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 100/100 (CRITICAL risk) based on 1775 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents critical security risk. Severe issues were detected, potentially including malware indicators, exposed secrets, or dangerous behaviors. Installation is strongly discouraged until these issues are addressed.

Findings Breakdown

  • High: 5 finding(s)
  • Medium: 1770 finding(s)

What Was Analyzed

The security assessment covers multiple analysis categories:

  • Malware Detection: YARA rule matching against 2,400+ malware signatures
  • Secret Detection: Scanning for exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
  • Static Analysis: Code-level security analysis for common vulnerability patterns
  • Network Analysis: Detection of suspicious network communications and endpoints
  • Obfuscation Detection: Identification of code obfuscation techniques

Developer Information

Beautiful Hieroglyphs is published by Beautiful Hieroglyphs on the Firefox Add-ons marketplace. The extension has approximately 6 users.

Recommendation

This extension is not recommended for installation without thorough manual review. Consider alternatives with lower risk scores, or contact the developer to address the identified security concerns.

Frequently Asked Questions

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