Is Old Layout for Facebook safe to use?

Old Layout for Facebook has a security risk score of 44.59/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 23 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Old Layout for Facebook?

Based on our automated security analysis, Old Layout for Facebook presents medium 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 "Old Layout for Facebook" on Chrome Web Store Safe to Install?

[email protected] · chrome · v7.3

Forced into the new Facebook layout? Don't like it? This extension tries to make the new Facebook use the old Facebook colors, before the September 2020 update.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

44.59

out of 100

MEDIUM

23 security findings detected across all analyzers

Chrome extension requesting 2 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

2 rules(3 hits)

postinstall network communication postinstall crypto operations

Requested Permissions

2 permissions

storage

Low

*://*.facebook.com/*

Low

About This Extension

Forced into the new Facebook layout? Don't like it? This extension tries to make the new Facebook use the old Facebook colors, before the September 2020 update.

Detailed Findings

3 total

YARA Rule Matches

2 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 20

Domain

detected Domain: facebook.com

XIOC detected Domain: facebook.com

extracted_from_files

URL

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

XIOC detected URL: http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/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://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/

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

extracted_from_files

URL

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

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

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://OldLayout.com

XIOC detected URL: https://OldLayout.com

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://*.facebook.com/*

XIOC detected URL: https://*.facebook.com/*

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://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/

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

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

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://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/sType/ResourceRef#

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

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: t.id

XIOC detected Domain: t.id

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

XIOC detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

extracted_from_files

URL

detected Domain: purl.org

XIOC detected Domain: purl.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: clients2.google.com

XIOC detected Domain: clients2.google.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: modernkit.one

XIOC detected Domain: modernkit.one

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: oldlayout.com

XIOC detected Domain: oldlayout.com

extracted_from_files

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Old Layout for Facebook is a Chrome Web Store extension published by [email protected]. Version 7.3 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 44.59/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 23 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

Medium: 20 finding(s)
Low: 3 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

Old Layout for Facebook is published by [email protected] on the Chrome Web Store marketplace. The extension has approximately 100K users.

Recommendation

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

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