Is "arxiv2issue" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

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You can quickly post a Github issue from arXiv! How to Use? 1. (1st time only) Create personal access token. Check repo scope option for the permission. 2. (1st time only) Right click arxiv2issue icon and set your github name, repository name for the post, and personal access token. 3. Go to arbitrary arXiv paper page. 4. Click your arxiv2issue icon. Code: https://github.com/jojonki/arxiv2issue

Risk Assessment

Analyzed
55.94
out of 100
MEDIUM

129 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 3 permissions

Severity Breakdown

0
Critical
12
High
117
Medium
0
Low
0
Info

Finding Categories

12
Malware Signatures
3
Network
114
IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

7 rules(12 hits)
postinstall crypto operations postinstall network communication postinstall system command NoUseWeakRandom postinstall file manipulation postinstall obfuscation SQLInjection

Requested Permissions

3 permissions
storage
Low
https://arxiv.org/
Low
https://api.github.com/
Low

About This Extension

You can quickly post a Github issue from arXiv! How to Use? 1. (1st time only) Create personal access token. Check repo scope option for the permission. 2. (1st time only) Right click arxiv2issue icon and set your github name, repository name for the post, and personal access token. 3. Go to arbitrary arXiv paper page. 4. Click your arxiv2issue icon. Code: https://github.com/jojonki/arxiv2issue

Detailed Findings

15 total

YARA Rule Matches

7 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs
19
Domains
95
Strings
114

All Indicators · 114

Domain
detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

XIOC detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

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Domain
detected Domain: www.apache.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.apache.org

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URL
detected URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/'))

XIOC detected URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/'))

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URL
detected URL: https://arxiv.org/

XIOC detected URL: https://arxiv.org/

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URL
detected URL: https://api.github.com/

XIOC detected URL: https://api.github.com/

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/settings/tokens/new

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/settings/tokens/new

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URL
detected URL: https://arxiv.org/*';

XIOC detected URL: https://arxiv.org/*';

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URL
detected URL: https://api.github.com/repos';

XIOC detected URL: https://api.github.com/repos';

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/'

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/'

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URL
detected URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/

XIOC detected URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/

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URL
detected URL: https://github.com/settings/tokens).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/settings/tokens).

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URL
detected URL: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/166852/50399172-dc246a00-07c0-11e9-99cb-522cff542fe1.png

XIOC detected URL: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/166852/50399172-dc246a00-07c0-11e9-99cb-522cff542fe1.png

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URL
detected URL: https://arxiv.org

XIOC detected URL: https://arxiv.org

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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#

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

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

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

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

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URL
detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

XIOC detected URL: https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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Domain
detected Domain: chrome.storage

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.storage

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Domain
detected Domain: request.open

XIOC detected Domain: request.open

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Domain
detected Domain: input.select

XIOC detected Domain: input.select

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URL
detected URL: http://www.apache.org/licenses/

XIOC detected URL: http://www.apache.org/licenses/

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URL
detected URL: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

XIOC detected URL: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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URL
detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/arxiv2issue/gfddkcdgeahicjkhpopmacpknbdnllhb/related?hl=ja&gl=JP).

XIOC detected URL: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/arxiv2issue/gfddkcdgeahicjkhpopmacpknbdnllhb/related?hl=ja&gl=JP).

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URL
detected URL: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/166852/50399240-5228d100-07c1-11e9-9b4d-cd004a7b4277.png

XIOC detected URL: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/166852/50399240-5228d100-07c1-11e9-9b4d-cd004a7b4277.png

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Domain
detected Domain: t.top

XIOC detected Domain: t.top

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Domain
detected Domain: f.top

XIOC detected Domain: f.top

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Domain
detected Domain: t.top-s.top

XIOC detected Domain: t.top-s.top

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Domain
detected Domain: t.using.call

XIOC detected Domain: t.using.call

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Domain
detected Domain: b.find.id

XIOC detected Domain: b.find.id

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Domain
detected Domain: clients2.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com

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Domain
detected Domain: api.github.com

XIOC detected Domain: api.github.com

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Domain
detected Domain: v.data

XIOC detected Domain: v.data

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Domain
detected Domain: v.global

XIOC detected Domain: v.global

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Domain
detected Domain: v.beforesend.call

XIOC detected Domain: v.beforesend.call

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Domain
detected Domain: t.fail

XIOC detected Domain: t.fail

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Domain
detected Domain: r.open

XIOC detected Domain: r.open

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Domain
detected Domain: i.data

XIOC detected Domain: i.data

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Domain
detected Domain: e.data

XIOC detected Domain: e.data

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Domain
detected Domain: r.old.call

XIOC detected Domain: r.old.call

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Domain
detected Domain: r.stop.call

XIOC detected Domain: r.stop.call

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Domain
detected Domain: finish.call

XIOC detected Domain: finish.call

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Domain
detected Domain: this.name

XIOC detected Domain: this.name

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Domain
detected Domain: t.name

XIOC detected Domain: t.name

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Domain
detected Domain: ft.host

XIOC detected Domain: ft.host

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Domain
detected Domain: r.host

XIOC detected Domain: r.host

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Domain
detected Domain: this.options.step.call

XIOC detected Domain: this.options.step.call

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Domain
detected Domain: e.elem.style

XIOC detected Domain: e.elem.style

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Domain
detected Domain: e.now

XIOC detected Domain: e.now

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Domain
detected Domain: l.opts.start.call

XIOC detected Domain: l.opts.start.call

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Domain
detected Domain: l.opts.fail

XIOC detected Domain: l.opts.fail

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Domain
detected Domain: a.empty.fire

XIOC detected Domain: a.empty.fire

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Domain
detected Domain: k.fx.off

XIOC detected Domain: k.fx.off

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Domain
detected Domain: a.events

XIOC detected Domain: a.events

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Domain
detected Domain: d.call

XIOC detected Domain: d.call

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Domain
detected Domain: t.events

XIOC detected Domain: t.events

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Domain
detected Domain: this.map

XIOC detected Domain: this.map

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Domain
detected Domain: e.top

XIOC detected Domain: e.top

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Domain
detected Domain: u.style

XIOC detected Domain: u.style

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Domain
detected Domain: this.now

XIOC detected Domain: this.now

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Domain
detected Domain: c.postdispatch.call

XIOC detected Domain: c.postdispatch.call

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Domain
detected Domain: e.target

XIOC detected Domain: e.target

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Domain
detected Domain: t.click

XIOC detected Domain: t.click

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Domain
detected Domain: this.target

XIOC detected Domain: this.target

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Domain
detected Domain: date.now

XIOC detected Domain: date.now

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Domain
detected Domain: this.off

XIOC detected Domain: this.off

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Domain
detected Domain: o.events

XIOC detected Domain: o.events

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Domain
detected Domain: k.event.global

XIOC detected Domain: k.event.global

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Domain
detected Domain: f.remove.call

XIOC detected Domain: f.remove.call

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Domain
detected Domain: f.teardown.call

XIOC detected Domain: f.teardown.call

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Domain
detected Domain: c.predispatch.call

XIOC detected Domain: c.predispatch.call

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Domain
detected Domain: k.event.handlers.call

XIOC detected Domain: k.event.handlers.call

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Domain
detected Domain: s.data

XIOC detected Domain: s.data

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Domain
detected Domain: o.data

XIOC detected Domain: o.data

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Domain
detected Domain: k.style

XIOC detected Domain: k.style

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Domain
detected Domain: this.show

XIOC detected Domain: this.show

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Domain
detected Domain: ge.th

XIOC detected Domain: ge.th

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Domain
detected Domain: ge.td

XIOC detected Domain: ge.td

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Domain
detected Domain: v.events

XIOC detected Domain: v.events

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Domain
detected Domain: f.setup.call

XIOC detected Domain: f.setup.call

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Domain
detected Domain: f.add.call

XIOC detected Domain: f.add.call

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Domain
detected Domain: e.call

XIOC detected Domain: e.call

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Domain
detected Domain: e.name

XIOC detected Domain: e.name

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Domain
detected Domain: l.call

XIOC detected Domain: l.call

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Domain
detected Domain: r.call

XIOC detected Domain: r.call

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Domain
detected Domain: t.map

XIOC detected Domain: t.map

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Domain
detected Domain: o.empty.fire

XIOC detected Domain: o.empty.fire

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Domain
detected Domain: e.style

XIOC detected Domain: e.style

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Domain
detected Domain: k.now

XIOC detected Domain: k.now

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Domain
detected Domain: c.call

XIOC detected Domain: c.call

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Domain
detected Domain: j.call

XIOC detected Domain: j.call

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Domain
detected Domain: e.id

XIOC detected Domain: e.id

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Domain
detected Domain: e.next

XIOC detected Domain: e.next

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Domain
detected Domain: q.call

XIOC detected Domain: q.call

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Domain
detected Domain: se.select

XIOC detected Domain: se.select

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Domain
detected Domain: t.call

XIOC detected Domain: t.call

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Domain
detected Domain: u.call

XIOC detected Domain: u.call

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Domain
detected Domain: i.call

XIOC detected Domain: i.call

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Domain
detected Domain: a.id

XIOC detected Domain: a.id

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Domain
detected Domain: se.support

XIOC detected Domain: se.support

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Domain
detected Domain: n.top

XIOC detected Domain: n.top

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Domain
detected Domain: b.filter.id

XIOC detected Domain: b.filter.id

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Domain
detected Domain: jquery.org

XIOC detected Domain: jquery.org

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Domain
detected Domain: a.call

XIOC detected Domain: a.call

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Domain
detected Domain: o.call

XIOC detected Domain: o.call

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Domain
detected Domain: s.call

XIOC detected Domain: s.call

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Domain
detected Domain: k.map

XIOC detected Domain: k.map

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Domain
detected Domain: n.call

XIOC detected Domain: n.call

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Domain
detected Domain: v.call

XIOC detected Domain: v.call

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Domain
detected Domain: chrome.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.google.com

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Domain
detected Domain: user-images.githubusercontent.com

XIOC detected Domain: user-images.githubusercontent.com

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Domain
detected Domain: github.com

XIOC detected Domain: github.com

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Domain
detected Domain: arxiv.org

XIOC detected Domain: arxiv.org

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Domain
detected Domain: chrome.pageaction.show

XIOC detected Domain: chrome.pageaction.show

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Domain
detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

arxiv2issue is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 0.4.8 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 55.94/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 129 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents moderate security risk. Several findings were detected that may warrant attention. Users should carefully review the permissions and findings before installation.

Findings Breakdown

  • High: 12 finding(s)
  • Medium: 117 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

arxiv2issue is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace.

Recommendation

Exercise caution with this extension. Review the detailed findings and ensure the requested permissions align with the extension's stated functionality before installation.

Frequently Asked Questions