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Ads Skipper

ID: gcohbdklfegdkcnjpcmdlcijfciojgce

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese
🇺🇸English
🇫🇷French
🇩🇪German
🇪🇸Spanish

Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Removed
Version
1.0.2
Size
0.01 MB
Rating
4.2/5
Reviews
39
Users
200,000
Type
Extension
Updated
Sep 15, 2021
Category
7_productivity
Price
Free
Featured
No
Visibility
Listed
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
No
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Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author
James B.View Profile
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Total Extensions
1
Active
0
Obsolete
1
Listed
1
Unlisted
0
Total Users
200,000

Block ads and Auto skip ad on most video players.

This lightweight extension skips automatically video ads on popular website like Youtube and Google.

Item
Type
Severity
Description
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 10% increase: Early script execution enables pre-emptive content manipulation
storage
Permission
Medium
This permission allows storing data locally in the browser. Rated Medium because it can persist sensitive user data, track user activities over time, and potentially store malicious payloads.
Early Content Script Execution
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension runs content scripts at document_start.

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Critical1
High1
Medium1
Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 3 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension VersionCode Review Findings
1.0.13

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

  • js/c.js2
  • js/background.js1
S.No.
Category
Severity
File
Summary
Found in Version
1Code Injection
critical
js/c.js (line 16)The extension implements a remote code injection mechanism by reading a 'unit' value from localStorage on one domain (like video-ad-skipper.com) and propagating it via chrome.storage.sync to all other matched domains,…
1.0.1
2Tracking
high
js/background.js (line 1)Upon installation, the extension creates hidden iframes pointing to external domains (mattinastazione.com and video-ad-skipper.com) to track the installation and exfiltrate the extension ID. This bypasses standard tel…
1.0.1
3Other
medium
js/c.js (line 36)The extension injects a hidden 'werock' marker into the video-ad-skipper.com domain. This serves as a handshake, allowing the malicious website to detect the extension's presence and potentially coordinate the deliver…
1.0.1
URLs
193
IPv4
0
IPv6
0

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video-ad-skipper.com-https://video-ad-skipper.com
video-ad-skipper.com/uninstalled.phphttps://video-ad-skipper.com/uninstalled.php?extid=
clients2.google.com/service/update2/crxhttps://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
video-ad-skipper.com/*https://video-ad-skipper.com/*
www.youtube.com/*https://www.youtube.com/*
www.google.com/*https://www.google.com/*
www.google.ad/*https://www.google.ad/*
www.google.ae/*https://www.google.ae/*
www.google.com.af/*https://www.google.com.af/*
www.google.com.ag/*https://www.google.com.ag/*
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