Security Warning: High Security Risk

Automated analysis found severe security findings in this version. Review the Security Analysis tab before trusting this extension.Extension: Cats-Tab Default Search

HIGH RISK

Cats-Tab Default Search

ID: mficikbcfgldimpmdhigmjgfhplhkige

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Active

Version

1.1

Size

0.06 MB

Rating

0.0/5

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Users

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Extension

Updated

May 31, 2022

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: cats-tab.xyzView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

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Cats-Tab Default Search

Convenient browsing tool by Cats-Tab. This extension lets you browse the web and get easy access to search, images and videos. Have a consistent, high quality search experience with Bing by using Cats-Tab new tab and default search extensions! Features: ➤ Quick and Easy search. ➤ Relevant results ➤ Fast results By clicking "Add to chrome", I accept and agree to installing 'Cats-Tab' Chrome™ extension, change Default Search to Bing, the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use: https://www.cats-tab.xyz/term-of-use.html For other support or to provide feedback, please visit us at https://www.cats-tab.xyz/contact.html Permissions used & reasons: Change default search settings to our domain cats-tab.xyz. We require this permission in order to provide extension functionality. Read and change your data on all cats-tab.xyz sites - For our product to work, we require access to the websites we own and manage.

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Compared to 3 months ago

1 version released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 0 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 0.00 / 5.0

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Versions scanned

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

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1 Code review	3

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1	3

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

browseraction_release.js2
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Tracking	high	manifest.json (line 15)	The extension hijacks the user's default search engine, redirecting all browser address-bar queries to cats-tab.xyz. The suggest_url also forwards every keystroke typed in the address bar to a third-party server in re…	1.1
2	Tracking	medium	browseraction_release.js (line 106)	On install, the extension fires a tracking pixel to cats-tab.xyz/stats/nt/install with the partner ID and extension ID, then opens a 'second offer' page (additional.html?partid=catstabdf&extid=...). This is install-at…	1.1
3	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	browseraction_release.js (line 74)	The extension's unique extId is concatenated into install, uninstall, and 'second offer' URLs, allowing the operator to correlate a specific browser instance across install lifecycle events. Combined with the install …	1.1

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www.cats-tab.xyz	-	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/
www.cats-tab.xyz	/install/uninstall.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/install/uninstall.html?partid=catstabdf&extid=
www.cats-tab.xyz	/stats/nt/install	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/stats/nt/install?partid=catstabdf
www.cats-tab.xyz	/install/additional.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/install/additional.html?partid=catstabdf&extid=
www.cats-tab.xyz	/about.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/about.html
www.cats-tab.xyz	/term-of-use.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/term-of-use.html
www.cats-tab.xyz	/privacy-policy.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/privacy-policy.html
www.cats-tab.xyz	/contact.html	https://www.cats-tab.xyz/contact.html
www.w3.org	/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
ns.attribution.com	/ads/1.0/	http://ns.attribution.com/ads/1.0/

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Security Warning: High Security Risk

Cats-Tab Default Search

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