Is Task Cockpit safe to use?

Task Cockpit has a security risk score of 64.98/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 130 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Task Cockpit?

Based on our automated security analysis, Task Cockpit 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 "Task Cockpit" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Name: Task Cockpit
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: papio-dev

papio-dev · vscode · v1.1.0

Tree view panel for browsing and running tasks. Displays tasks from workspace and task files in an organized, customizable tree structure.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

64.98

out of 100

MEDIUM

130 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

Network

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

7 rules(30 hits)

postinstall obfuscation postinstall file manipulation postinstall file download postinstall system command postinstall registry modification credential env files postinstall network communication

About This Extension

Tree view panel for browsing and running tasks. Displays tasks from workspace and task files in an organized, customizable tree structure.

Detailed Findings

33 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 · 95

Domain

detected Domain: this.ondidchangeemitter.fire

XIOC detected Domain: this.ondidchangeemitter.fire

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Domain

detected Domain: folders.map

XIOC detected Domain: folders.map

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Domain

detected Domain: gist.github.com

XIOC detected Domain: gist.github.com

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Domain

detected Domain: code.visualstudio.com

XIOC detected Domain: code.visualstudio.com

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detected IP: ::f

XIOC detected IP: ::f

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URL

detected URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/icons-in-labels#icon-listing).

XIOC detected URL: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/icons-in-labels#icon-listing).

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URL

detected URL: http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape

XIOC detected URL: http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape

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URL

detected URL: http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd

XIOC detected URL: http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit

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Hash

detected MD5 Hash: e8425e9e07309ce0e38d171bb6359675

XIOC detected MD5 Hash: e8425e9e07309ce0e38d171bb6359675

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URL

detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/cvd).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/cvd).

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/issues

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URL

detected URL: https://ko-fi.com/papio_dev

XIOC detected URL: https://ko-fi.com/papio_dev

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit.git

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit.git

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/issues

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/issues

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/xamarin),

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/xamarin),

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URL

detected URL: https://opensource.microsoft.com/).

XIOC detected URL: https://opensource.microsoft.com/).

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URL

detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/cc751383(v=technet.10)),

XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/tn-archive/cc751383(v=technet.10)),

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URL

detected URL: https://msrc.microsoft.com/create-report](https://msrc.microsoft.com/create-report).

XIOC detected URL: https://msrc.microsoft.com/create-report](https://msrc.microsoft.com/create-report).

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URL

detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/pgp-key-msrc).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/pgp-key-msrc).

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URL

detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/msrc).

XIOC detected URL: https://www.microsoft.com/msrc).

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URL

detected URL: https://microsoft.com/msrc/bounty)

XIOC detected URL: https://microsoft.com/msrc/bounty)

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/workflows/Tests)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/workflows/Tests/badge.svg)](https://github.com/microsoft/node-jsonc-parser/workflows/Tests)

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Domain

detected Domain: this.treeview.selection.at

XIOC detected Domain: this.treeview.selection.at

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft),

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Microsoft),

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/Azure),

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/Azure),

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/dotnet),

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/dotnet),

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/aspnet),

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/aspnet),

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/validation-problems.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/validation-problems.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://gist.github.com/LumenGNU/e8425e9e07309ce0e38d171bb6359675)

XIOC detected URL: https://gist.github.com/LumenGNU/e8425e9e07309ce0e38d171bb6359675)

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URL

detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=papio-dev.task-cockpit)

XIOC detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=papio-dev.task-cockpit)

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URL

detected URL: https://open-vsx.org/extension/papio-dev/task-cockpit)

XIOC detected URL: https://open-vsx.org/extension/papio-dev/task-cockpit)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/LumenGNU/task-cockpit/issues)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/LumenGNU/task-cockpit/issues)

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URL

detected URL: https://ko-fi.com/papio_dev)

XIOC detected URL: https://ko-fi.com/papio_dev)

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URL

detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/jsonc-parser.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/jsonc-parser)

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/jsonc-parser.svg?style=flat-square)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/jsonc-parser)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/hierarchy-basic.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/hierarchy-basic.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/task-as-group.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/task-as-group.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/branch-position.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/branch-position.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/group-kind.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/group-kind.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/custom-icons.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/custom-icons.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/propagate-color.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/propagate-color.png)

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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: 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/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/main-view.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/raw/HEAD/media/main-view.png)

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URL

detected URL: https://open-vsx.org/extension/papio-dev/task-cockpit).

XIOC detected URL: https://open-vsx.org/extension/papio-dev/task-cockpit).

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/releases).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/papio-dev/task-cockpit/releases).

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Domain

detected Domain: node.children.map

XIOC detected Domain: node.children.map

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Domain

detected Domain: charactercodes.dot

XIOC detected Domain: charactercodes.dot

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Domain

detected Domain: charactercodes.plus

XIOC detected Domain: charactercodes.plus

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Domain

detected Domain: charactercodes.space

XIOC detected Domain: charactercodes.space

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Domain

detected Domain: charactercodes.tab

XIOC detected Domain: charactercodes.tab

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detected Domain: sodipodi.sourceforge.net

XIOC detected Domain: sodipodi.sourceforge.net

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Domain

detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: www.npmjs.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.npmjs.org

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Domain

detected Domain: opensource.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: opensource.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: docs.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: docs.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: msrc.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: msrc.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: www.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.microsoft.com

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Domain

detected Domain: security.md

XIOC detected Domain: security.md

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Domain

detected Domain: parent.children.map

XIOC detected Domain: parent.children.map

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Domain

detected Domain: 1.branch.build

XIOC detected Domain: 1.branch.build

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Domain

detected Domain: usertask.vsctask.group

XIOC detected Domain: usertask.vsctask.group

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Domain

detected Domain: vscode.open

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.open

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Domain

detected Domain: task-cockpit.open

XIOC detected Domain: task-cockpit.open

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Domain

detected Domain: terminal.show

XIOC detected Domain: terminal.show

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Domain

detected Domain: www.inkscape.org

XIOC detected Domain: www.inkscape.org

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Domain

detected Domain: img.shields.io

XIOC detected Domain: img.shields.io

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URL

detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

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Domain

detected Domain: roots.map

XIOC detected Domain: roots.map

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Domain

detected Domain: node.data.vsctask.group

XIOC detected Domain: node.data.vsctask.group

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Domain

detected Domain: node.data.icon.id

XIOC detected Domain: node.data.icon.id

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Domain

detected Domain: folder.name

XIOC detected Domain: folder.name

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Domain

detected Domain: object.prototype.hasownproperty.call

XIOC detected Domain: object.prototype.hasownproperty.call

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Domain

detected Domain: vscode.workspace.name

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.workspace.name

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Domain

detected Domain: vscode.window.terminals.map

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.window.terminals.map

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Domain

detected Domain: this.changeemitter.fire

XIOC detected Domain: this.changeemitter.fire

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Domain

detected Domain: this.reconciledemitter.fire

XIOC detected Domain: this.reconciledemitter.fire

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Domain

detected Domain: terminals.map

XIOC detected Domain: terminals.map

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Domain

detected Domain: vscode.filetype.directory

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.filetype.directory

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Domain

detected Domain: this.checkers.map

XIOC detected Domain: this.checkers.map

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Domain

detected Domain: node.data

XIOC detected Domain: node.data

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Domain

detected Domain: task-cockpit.task.show

XIOC detected Domain: task-cockpit.task.show

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Domain

detected Domain: task-cockpit.tasks-file.open

XIOC detected Domain: task-cockpit.tasks-file.open

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Domain

detected Domain: task.name

XIOC detected Domain: task.name

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Domain

detected Domain: vscode.taskscope.global

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.taskscope.global

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Domain

detected Domain: uris.map

XIOC detected Domain: uris.map

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Domain

detected Domain: this.completedemitter.fire

XIOC detected Domain: this.completedemitter.fire

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Domain

detected Domain: date.now

XIOC detected Domain: date.now

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detected IP: ::e

XIOC detected IP: ::e

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detected IP: d::de

XIOC detected IP: d::de

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URL

detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/jsonc-parser.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/jsonc-parser)

XIOC detected URL: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/jsonc-parser.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/jsonc-parser)

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Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Task Cockpit is a Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension published by papio-dev. Version 1.1.0 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 64.98/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 130 security findings.

Risk Assessment

This extension presents high security risk. Significant concerns were identified during analysis. It is not recommended for use in sensitive or production environments without thorough review.

Findings Breakdown

Medium: 99 finding(s)
Low: 31 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

Task Cockpit is published by papio-dev on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace marketplace. The extension has approximately 49 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.

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Is "Task Cockpit" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Risk Assessment

Severity Breakdown

Finding Categories

YARA Rules Matched

About This Extension

Detailed Findings

NET-FETCH-extension/Task/Registry/Fetch.js-40

NET-FETCH-extension/Tree/Roots.js-67

DEP-jsonc-parser-^3.3.1

YARA Rule Matches

postinstall obfuscation

postinstall file manipulation

postinstall file download

postinstall system command

postinstall registry modification

credential env files

postinstall network communication

Indicators of Compromise

All Indicators · 95

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Risk Assessment

Findings Breakdown

What Was Analyzed

Developer Information

Recommendation

Frequently Asked Questions

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