Is Microsoft Graph Essentials safe to use?

Microsoft Graph Essentials has a security risk score of 55.4/100 (MEDIUM risk). Our security analysis detected 80 findings. Review the detailed security assessment below to understand the specific risks before installation.

What are the security risks of Microsoft Graph Essentials?

Based on our automated security analysis, Microsoft Graph Essentials 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 "Microsoft Graph Essentials" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Name: Microsoft Graph Essentials
Availability: InStock
Author: Elio Struyf

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Elio Struyf · vscode · v0.0.5

The Microsoft Graph Essentials extension helps you developing with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit & API.

Risk Assessment

Analyzed

55.4

out of 100

MEDIUM

80 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

Network

IoC Indicators

YARA Rules Matched

4 rules(9 hits)

postinstall system command postinstall file download postinstall environment access postinstall registry modification

About This Extension

The Microsoft Graph Essentials extension helps you developing with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit & API.

Detailed Findings

11 total

YARA Rule Matches

4 rules

Indicators of Compromise

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

URLs

IP Addresses

Domains

Strings

All Indicators · 68

Domain

detected Domain: cssvariableprovider.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: cssvariableprovider.js.map

extracted_from_files

detected IP: ::

XIOC detected IP: ::

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

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

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URL

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

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

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URL

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

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

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URL

detected URL: http://www.iec.ch

XIOC detected URL: http://www.iec.ch

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URL

detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview?view=graph-rest-1.0'));

XIOC detected URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview?view=graph-rest-1.0'));

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URL

detected URL: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer'));

XIOC detected URL: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer'));

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/blob/HEAD/./CHANGELOG.md)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/blob/HEAD/./CHANGELOG.md)

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/issues).

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/issues).

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URL

detected URL: https://estruyf-github.azurewebsites.net/api/VisitorHit?user=estruyf&repo=vscode-msgraph-essentials&countColor=%23161938

XIOC detected URL: https://estruyf-github.azurewebsites.net/api/VisitorHit?user=estruyf&repo=vscode-msgraph-essentials&countColor=%23161938

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#

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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: 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

Domain

detected Domain: microsoftgraph.contact

XIOC detected Domain: microsoftgraph.contact

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials

XIOC detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/version/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/version/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/installs/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/installs/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/rating/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

XIOC detected URL: https://vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com/rating/eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-essentials.svg

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/css-variables.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/css-variables.png)

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/html-attributes.png)

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/html-attributes.png)

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: uniqcomponents.map

XIOC detected Domain: uniqcomponents.map

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.microsoft.com

extracted_from_files

URL

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

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

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zMeFRy9

XIOC detected URL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/zMeFRy9

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/

XIOC detected URL: https://registry.npmjs.org/

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-toolkit

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-toolkit

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URL

detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-autocomplete

XIOC detected URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-msgraph-autocomplete

extracted_from_files

detected Domain: snippets.map

XIOC detected Domain: snippets.map

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URL

detected URL: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs/tree/main/concepts/toolkit/components

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-docs/tree/main/concepts/toolkit/components

extracted_from_files

detected Domain: htmlsnippets.map

XIOC detected Domain: htmlsnippets.map

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: 1.completionitemkind.property

XIOC detected Domain: 1.completionitemkind.property

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: htmlvariableprovider.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: htmlvariableprovider.js.map

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: tmpl.md

XIOC detected Domain: tmpl.md

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: readme.md

XIOC detected Domain: readme.md

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: docs.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: docs.microsoft.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: developer.microsoft.com

XIOC detected Domain: developer.microsoft.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: generator.next

XIOC detected Domain: generator.next

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: vscode.open

XIOC detected Domain: vscode.open

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: extension.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: extension.js.map

extracted_from_files

detected Domain: csssnippet.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: csssnippet.js.map

extracted_from_files

detected Domain: htmlsnippet.js.map

XIOC detected Domain: htmlsnippet.js.map

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: e.de

XIOC detected Domain: e.de

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: h.is

XIOC detected Domain: h.is

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: m.ni

XIOC detected Domain: m.ni

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: e.vc

XIOC detected Domain: e.vc

extracted_from_files

URL

detected Domain: purl.org

XIOC detected Domain: purl.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: www.iec.ch

XIOC detected Domain: www.iec.ch

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/logo-big.png

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials/raw/HEAD/./assets/logo-big.png

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: github.com

XIOC detected Domain: github.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: marketplace.visualstudio.com

XIOC detected Domain: marketplace.visualstudio.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com

XIOC detected Domain: vsmarketplacebadge.apphb.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: estruyf-github.azurewebsites.net

XIOC detected Domain: estruyf-github.azurewebsites.net

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: changelog.md

XIOC detected Domain: changelog.md

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

detected IP: ::6

XIOC detected IP: ::6

extracted_from_files

detected IP: 4::

XIOC detected IP: 4::

extracted_from_files

detected IP: dfc3::

XIOC detected IP: dfc3::

extracted_from_files

detected IP: ::b

XIOC detected IP: ::b

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

XIOC detected Domain: schemas.openxmlformats.org

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: www.buymeacoffee.com

XIOC detected Domain: www.buymeacoffee.com

extracted_from_files

Domain

detected Domain: registry.npmjs.org

XIOC detected Domain: registry.npmjs.org

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials

XIOC detected URL: https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-msgraph-essentials

extracted_from_files

URL

detected URL: https://github.com$

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

extracted_from_files

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Microsoft Graph Essentials is a Visual Studio Code Marketplace extension published by Elio Struyf. Version 0.0.5 has been analyzed by the Risky Plugins security platform, receiving a risk score of 55.4/100 (MEDIUM risk) based on 80 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: 9 finding(s)
Medium: 71 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

Microsoft Graph Essentials is published by Elio Struyf on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace marketplace. The extension has approximately 7K 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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Is "Microsoft Graph Essentials" on VS Code Marketplace Safe to Install?

Risk Assessment

Severity Breakdown

Finding Categories

YARA Rules Matched

About This Extension

Detailed Findings

NET-FETCH-extension/scripts/generate-html-snippets.js-54

NET-FETCH-extension/scripts/generate-html-snippets.js-15

YARA Rule Matches

postinstall system command

postinstall file download

postinstall environment access

postinstall registry modification

Indicators of Compromise

All Indicators · 68

Security Analysis Summary

Security Analysis Overview

Risk Assessment

Findings Breakdown

What Was Analyzed

Developer Information

Recommendation

Frequently Asked Questions

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