Is TabWalk safe to use?

TabWalk has a security risk score of 49.76/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 30 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of TabWalk?

Based on our automated security analysis, TabWalk 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 "TabWalk" on Firefox Add-ons Safe to Install?

Name: TabWalk
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3846 (13 reviews)
Author: Giorgio Maone

Giorgio Maone · firefox · v1.2resigned1

TabWalk lets you navigate tabs in activity order with your keyboard, by pressing either: Alt+Shift+Left arrow ◀ back to previous tab recorded as active; Alt+Shift+Right arrow ▶ "forward", i.e. reversing recent TabWalk navigation steps or selecting a newly opened but not focused tab, if any.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

49.76

out of 100

MEDIUM

30 security findings detected across all analyzers

Firefox extension requesting 2 permissions

Severity Breakdown

Critical

High

Medium

Low

Info

Finding Categories

Malware Signatures

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

3 rules(4 hits)

postinstall file manipulation postinstall network communication postinstall system command

Requested Permissions

2 permissions

tabs

Medium

activeTab

Medium

About This Extension

TabWalk lets you navigate tabs in activity order with your keyboard, by pressing either: <ol><li><b>Alt+Shift+Left arrow</b> ◀ back to previous tab recorded as active;</li><li><b>Alt+Shift+Right arrow</b> ▶ "forward", i.e. reversing recent TabWalk navigation steps or selecting a newly opened but not focused tab, if any.</li></ol>

Detailed Findings

5 total

YARA Rule Matches

3 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 25

Domain

detected Domain: t74b3c7349b0fa4cab2d0019f48995081.3d3dd301199136cdeca30f9d6c784c02.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: t74b3c7349b0fa4cab2d0019f48995081.3d3dd301199136cdeca30f9d6c784c02.addons.mozilla.org

extracted_from_files

Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 3d3dd301199136cdeca30f9d6c784c02

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 3d3dd301199136cdeca30f9d6c784c02

extracted_from_files

Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 2CF7B86C3D1311E881AAB7253064F912

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 2CF7B86C3D1311E881AAB7253064F912

extracted_from_files

Hash

detected MD5 Hash: 2CF7B86B3D1311E881AAB7253064F912

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: 2CF7B86B3D1311E881AAB7253064F912

extracted_from_files

URL

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

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

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

Domain

detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

XIOC detected Domain: signingca1.addons.mozilla.org

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

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://www.gnu.org/licenses/

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

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://maone.net

XIOC detected URL: https://maone.net

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

Domain

detected Domain: info.id

XIOC detected Domain: info.id

extracted_from_files

Other

detected Email: [email protected]

XIOC detected Email: [email protected]

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://fsf.org/

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

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/

XIOC detected URL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

XIOC detected URL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: www.gnu.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.gnu.org

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

Domain

detected Domain: mozilla.com

XIOC detected Domain: mozilla.com

extracted_from_files

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: maone.net

XIOC detected Domain: maone.net

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: fsf.org

XIOC detected Domain: fsf.org

extracted_from_files

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

TabWalk is a Firefox Add-ons extension published by Giorgio Maone. Version 1.2resigned1 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 49.76/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 30 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: 4 finding(s)
Medium: 26 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

TabWalk is published by Giorgio Maone on the Firefox Add-ons marketplace. The extension has approximately 57 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.

Source Code Viewer

Source Code Not Available

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

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About This Extension

Detailed Findings

MANIFEST-SENSITIVE-PERM-TABS

YARA Rule Matches

postinstall file manipulation

postinstall network communication

postinstall system command

Indicators of Compromise

All Indicators · 25

Security Analysis Summary

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