Is HL7Tools safe to use?

HL7Tools has a security risk score of 84.88/100 (HIGH risk). Our security analysis detected 241 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of HL7Tools?

Based on our automated security analysis, HL7Tools presents high 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 "HL7Tools" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Name: HL7Tools
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9285712242126465 (14 reviews)
Author: Rob Holme

Rob Holme · vscode · v2.0.7

HL7 tools for Visual Studio Code

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

84.88

out of 100

HIGH

241 security findings detected across all analyzers

VS Code extension analyzed via package manifest and static code analysis

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

109

Medium

132

Low

Info

Finding Categories

107

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

12 rules(132 hits)

postinstall system command postinstall persistence mechanism postinstall network communication postinstall file manipulation postinstall registry modification postinstall obfuscation postinstall crypto operations postinstall file download credential env files NoUseSocketManually credential vscode credentials NoUseWeakRandom

About This Extension

HL7 tools for Visual Studio Code

Detailed Findings

132 total

YARA Rule Matches

12 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

IP Addresses

Domains

Strings

107

All Indicators · 107

Domain

detected Domain: extractfieldresult.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: extractfieldresult.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: extensionpreferences.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: extensionpreferences.js.map

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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: github.com

XIOC detected Domain: github.com

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

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detected IP: 4::9

XIOC detected IP: 4::9

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detected IP: ::c

XIOC detected IP: ::c

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detected IP: ea::

XIOC detected IP: ea::

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detected IP: e0::

XIOC detected IP: e0::

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detected IP: ::

XIOC detected IP: ::

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Domain

detected Domain: w.bm

XIOC detected Domain: w.bm

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Domain

detected Domain: k.vi

XIOC detected Domain: k.vi

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Domain

detected Domain: s.ng

XIOC detected Domain: s.ng

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Domain

detected Domain: la.ir

XIOC detected Domain: la.ir

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Domain

detected Domain: 걣f.sn

XIOC detected Domain: 걣f.sn

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detected IP: 127.0.0.1

XIOC detected IP: 127.0.0.1

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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/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/blob/master/README.md

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/blob/master/README.md

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Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 5d1ee2e61a04406b6ebca19845d3107f

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 5d1ee2e61a04406b6ebca19845d3107f

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URL

detected URL: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control.

XIOC detected URL: http://wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control.

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URL

detected URL: http://www.sublimetext.com

XIOC detected URL: http://www.sublimetext.com

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URL

detected URL: http://www.hl7.org

XIOC detected URL: http://www.hl7.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/exif/1.0/

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

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URL

detected URL: http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd

XIOC detected URL: http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd

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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: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2016/11/15/formatters-best-practices

XIOC detected URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2016/11/15/formatters-best-practices

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/issues

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Domain

detected Domain: event.data

XIOC detected Domain: event.data

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools.git

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/fernandojsg/hl7-dictionary

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/fernandojsg/hl7-dictionary

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/craighurley/sublime-hl7-syntax.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/craighurley/sublime-hl7-syntax.git

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/atishay/vscode-allautocomplete.

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/atishay/vscode-allautocomplete.

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/jacobMedisoft/)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/jacobMedisoft/)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/daimor)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/daimor)

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URL

detected URL: https://medium.com/trabe/monkey-patching-tls-in-node-js-to-support-self-signed-certificates-with-custom-root-cas-25c7396dfd2a

XIOC detected URL: https://medium.com/trabe/monkey-patching-tls-in-node-js-to-support-self-signed-certificates-with-custom-root-cas-25c7396dfd2a

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/atishay/vscode-allautocomplete

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/atishay/vscode-allautocomplete

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-restore-editors/blob/master/src/documentManager.ts#L57

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-restore-editors/blob/master/src/documentManager.ts#L57

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URL

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

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

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/ExtractAllFields.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/ExtractAllFields.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/requiredfields.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/requiredfields.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/issues).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/issues).

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/craighurley/sublime-hl7-syntax

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/craighurley/sublime-hl7-syntax

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URL

detected URL: http://github.com/fernandojsg/hl7-dictionary.

XIOC detected URL: http://github.com/fernandojsg/hl7-dictionary.

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URL

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

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

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield1.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield1.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield2.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield2.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/sendmessage.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/sendmessage.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/sendmessage2.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/sendmessage2.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/DisplaySegmentFields.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/DisplaySegmentFields.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/MaskIdentifiers1.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/MaskIdentifiers1.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/MaskIdentifiers2.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/MaskIdentifiers2.jpg)

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Domain

detected Domain: changelog.md

XIOC detected Domain: changelog.md

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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: https://github.com/daimor).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/daimor).

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Tim-Hennig

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Tim-Hennig

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/syntax.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/syntax.jpg)

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URL

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XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/FieldDescription.jpg)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield0.jpg)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/RobHolme/vscode-hl7tools/raw/master/images/highlightfield0.jpg)

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Domain

detected Domain: www.sublimetext.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.sublimetext.com

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detected Domain: www.hl7.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.hl7.org

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Domain

detected Domain: www.w3.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.w3.org

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Domain

detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

XIOC detected Domain: ns.adobe.com

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Domain

detected Domain: tl.anz

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

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Domain

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XIOC detected Domain: paint.net

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Domain

detected Domain: exports.run

XIOC detected Domain: exports.run

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Domain

detected Domain: mocha.run

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Domain

detected Domain: index.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: index.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: readme.md

XIOC detected Domain: readme.md

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Domain

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XIOC detected Domain: vers.id

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Domain

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Domain

detected Domain: wbond.net

XIOC detected Domain: wbond.net

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Domain

detected Domain: message.host

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Domain

detected Domain: extension.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: runtest.js.map

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Domain

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Domain

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Domain

detected Domain: sendhl7messagewebpanel.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: octicons.github.com

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Domain

detected Domain: findfieldresult.js.map

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Domain

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Domain

detected Domain: highlightfield.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: extractfields.js.map

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Domain

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Domain

detected Domain: fielditemelement.name

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Domain

detected Domain: componentelement.name

XIOC detected Domain: componentelement.name

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Domain

detected Domain: segmenttoreturn.name

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Domain

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Domain

detected Domain: wub.cm

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Domain

detected Domain: select.select

XIOC detected Domain: select.select

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Domain

detected Domain: checkrequiredfields.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: checkrequiredfields.js.map

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Domain

detected Domain: checkrequiredfieldsresult.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: checkrequiredfieldsresult.js.map

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detected Domain: cursormanager.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: cursormanager.js.map

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XIOC detected Domain: www.apple.com

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

HL7Tools is a Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension published by Rob Holme. Version 2.0.7 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 84.88/100 (HIGH risk) based on 241 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

Medium: 109 finding(s)
Low: 132 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

HL7Tools is published by Rob Holme on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace marketplace. The extension has approximately 29K 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.

Source Code Viewer

Source Code Not Available

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