Is Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files safe to use?

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files has a security risk score of 40.1/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 107 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files?

Based on our automated security analysis, Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files 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 "Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Name: Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.190476417541504 (21 reviews)
Author: Microsoft

Verified

Microsoft · vscode · v0.87.0

Edit SSH configuration files

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

40.1

out of 100

MEDIUM

107 security findings detected across all analyzers

VS Code extension analyzed via package manifest and static code analysis

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Malware Signatures

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

7 rules(34 hits)

postinstall system command postinstall network communication credential ssh keys postinstall file manipulation postinstall crypto operations postinstall file download postinstall registry modification

About This Extension

Edit SSH configuration files

Detailed Findings

34 total

YARA Rule Matches

7 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

IP Addresses

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 72

URL

detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/EnterpriseDev/default.aspx).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/EnterpriseDev/default.aspx).

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Domain

detected Domain: terra.com.br

XIOC detected Domain: terra.com.br

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URL

detected URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/martinring/tmlanguage/master/tmlanguage.json

XIOC detected URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/martinring/tmlanguage/master/tmlanguage.json

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URL

detected URL: http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto

XIOC detected URL: http://www.cs.hut.fi/crypto

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URL

detected URL: http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema/2011

XIOC detected URL: http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema/2011

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URL

detected URL: http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema-design/2011

XIOC detected URL: http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema-design/2011

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release.git

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URL

detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/Twitter_Social_Icon_24x24.png)](https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/twitter)

XIOC detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/Twitter_Social_Icon_24x24.png)](https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/twitter)

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URL

detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/so-image-24x24.png)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode)

XIOC detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/so-image-24x24.png)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/vscode)

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URL

detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/Slack_Mark-24x24.png)](https://aka.ms/vscode-dev-community)

XIOC detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/Slack_Mark-24x24.png)](https://aka.ms/vscode-dev-community)

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URL

detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/gitter-icon-24x24.png)](https://gitter.im/Microsoft/vscode)

XIOC detected URL: https://microsoft.github.io/vscode-remote-release/images/gitter-icon-24x24.png)](https://gitter.im/Microsoft/vscode)

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/telemetry).

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/telemetry).

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URL

detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2077057)

XIOC detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2077057)

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URL

detected URL: https://3rdpartysource.microsoft.com,

XIOC detected URL: https://3rdpartysource.microsoft.com,

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote)

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote)

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/troubleshooting).

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/troubleshooting).

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/feature-requests),

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/feature-requests),

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/issues),

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/issues),

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/issues/new).

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/issues/new).

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Domain

detected Domain: libssh.org

XIOC detected Domain: libssh.org

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/contributing)

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/contributing)

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URL

detected URL: http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types

XIOC detected URL: http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types

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URL

detected URL: http://aka.ms/VSMarketplace-TOU.

XIOC detected URL: http://aka.ms/VSMarketplace-TOU.

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/vsmarketplace-ToU.

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/vsmarketplace-ToU.

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URL

detected URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting.

XIOC detected URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq#_how-to-disable-telemetry-reporting.

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URL

detected URL: https://aka.ms/privacy.

XIOC detected URL: https://aka.ms/privacy.

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URL

detected URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/gdpr.

XIOC detected URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/gdpr.

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URL

detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=616397.

XIOC detected URL: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=616397.

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Hash

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Hash

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Hash

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release#readme

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release#readme

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Hash

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Domain

detected Domain: a.example.com

XIOC detected Domain: a.example.com

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Domain

detected Domain: b.example.com

XIOC detected Domain: b.example.com

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Domain

detected Domain: c.example.com

XIOC detected Domain: c.example.com

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Domain

detected Domain: cert.pub

XIOC detected Domain: cert.pub

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: microsoft.visualstudio.services.links.support

XIOC detected Domain: microsoft.visualstudio.services.links.support

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Domain

detected Domain: readme.md

XIOC detected Domain: readme.md

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Domain

detected Domain: www.cs.hut.fi

XIOC detected Domain: www.cs.hut.fi

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Domain

detected Domain: cs.hut.fi

XIOC detected Domain: cs.hut.fi

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Domain

detected Domain: lcs.mit.edu

XIOC detected Domain: lcs.mit.edu

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Domain

detected Domain: esat.kuleuven.ac.be

XIOC detected Domain: esat.kuleuven.ac.be

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detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

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Domain

detected Domain: openssh.com

XIOC detected Domain: openssh.com

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs)

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Domain

detected Domain: www.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: stackoverflow.com

XIOC detected Domain: stackoverflow.com

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Domain

detected Domain: gitter.im

XIOC detected Domain: gitter.im

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Domain

detected Domain: 3rdpartysource.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: 3rdpartysource.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: e.map

XIOC detected Domain: e.map

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Domain

detected Domain: extension.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: extension.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: raw.githubusercontent.com

XIOC detected Domain: raw.githubusercontent.com

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

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Domain

detected Domain: aka.ms

XIOC detected Domain: aka.ms

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Domain

detected Domain: code.visualstudio.com

XIOC detected Domain: code.visualstudio.com

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Domain

detected Domain: learn.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: learn.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: go.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: go.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: github.com

XIOC detected Domain: github.com

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Domain

detected Domain: microsoft.github.io

XIOC detected Domain: microsoft.github.io

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues

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detected IP: 192.0.2.0

XIOC detected IP: 192.0.2.0

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files is a Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension published by Microsoft. Version 0.87.0 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 40.1/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 107 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: 34 finding(s)
Medium: 73 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

Remote - SSH: Editing Configuration Files is published by Microsoft on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace marketplace. The extension has approximately 31.4M 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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