Is Touch Navigate safe to use?

Touch Navigate has a security risk score of 19.62/100 (MINIMAL risk). Our security analysis detected 9 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Touch Navigate?

Based on our automated security analysis, Touch Navigate presents minimal risk level. The extension is analyzed for malware patterns, secret exposure, network communications, permissions, and supply chain vulnerabilities.

How is the security score calculated?

Risky Plugins calculates security scores using weighted categories: severity of findings (25 points max), malware detections (35 points), secret exposure (28 points), network communications (10 points), and obfuscation (10 points). Scores range from 0-100, with higher scores indicating greater risk.

What does CRITICAL, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, MINIMAL risk mean?

CRITICAL (80-100): Severe security issues like malware. HIGH (60-79): Significant vulnerabilities. MEDIUM (40-59): Moderate security concerns. LOW (20-39): Minor issues. MINIMAL (0-19): Very low risk. Always review findings before installing any extension.

Is "Touch Navigate" on Firefox Add-ons Safe to Install?

Name: Touch Navigate
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: ShimmyMySherbet

ShimmyMySherbet · firefox · v0.1

Adds touch screen gesture navigation to allow for simple and natural back and forth navigation on touch screen laptops. Intended specifically for 2-in-1 laptops when used in tablet mode (keyboard folded behind screen). Requires a touch screen to work, these gestures do not work on the track-pad. Gestures: Swipe from the far left of the screen toward the center to navigate backwards. Swipe from the far right of the screen toward the center to navigate forwards.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

19.62

out of 100

MINIMAL

9 security findings detected across all analyzers

Firefox extension requesting 1 permission

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

IoC Indicators

Requested Permissions

1 permission

*://*/*

Dangerous

About This Extension

No Findings

All security checks passed

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 9

Domain

detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 825b685ef13b59ea56afa5d890ab5fdd

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 825b685ef13b59ea56afa5d890ab5fdd

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: mozilla.com

XIOC detected Domain: mozilla.com

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Domain

detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: content-signature.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: shimmymysherbet.com

XIOC detected Domain: shimmymysherbet.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: t581abdcd1ac41853a10d3971c4f2d121.825b685ef13b59ea56afa5d890ab5fdd.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: t581abdcd1ac41853a10d3971c4f2d121.825b685ef13b59ea56afa5d890ab5fdd.addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

extracted_from_files

URL

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

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

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Touch Navigate is a Firefox Add-ons extension published by ShimmyMySherbet. Version 0.1 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 19.62/100 (MINIMAL risk) based on 9 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents minimal security concerns. The automated analysis found very few or no issues, suggesting it is suitable for general use.

Findings Breakdown

Medium: 9 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

Touch Navigate is published by ShimmyMySherbet on the Firefox Add-ons marketplace. The extension has approximately 68 users.

Recommendation

Based on the automated security analysis, this extension appears safe for general use. As with any extension, users should review the requested permissions before installation.

Source Code Viewer

Source Code Not Available

Source code is not available for this version of the extension.