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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Vector VPN

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Vector VPN

ID: jojbflkchefafkephpbfmdemapjdgfje

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.1.0

Size

0.88 MB

Rating

3.7/5

Reviews

Users

400,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Aug 16, 2021

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Casilio MooninView Profile
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

400,000

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Free and unlimited VPN service

Vector VPN can change your IP address and unblock websites that don’t work due to geo-restrictions. Unlike our competitors, we don’t have premium/pro/paid plans. The service is free and unlimited. How to use the extension: - Open a popup from the toolbar by clicking the extension’s icon - Select one of the countries - Click connect - Wait for the connection to be established. Check the status and a new IP address - If some country doesn’t work, change to another one. - On web pages, you can see a connection indicator. If your connection fails, you will see it.

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Extracted Data

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By severity

Critical2

High4

Medium4

Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 2 of 2 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0 Code review	3
1.0.6 Code review	7

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0	3
1.0.6	7

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

js/background.js9
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Code Injection	critical	js/background.js (line 188897)	This loader fetches JSON from the external locale source and immediately passes it into `_parseLocale`, which walks attacker-controlled key paths and resolves them against a global object (`this.gl` is assigned from `…	1.1.0
2	Network Interception	critical	js/background.js (line 1)	The proxy server list is fetched dynamically from an external third-party API endpoint (`https://api.nucleusvpn.com/api/proxy`) at connection time. This means the extension operator can silently change the proxy serve…	1.0.6
3	Code Injection	high	js/background.js (line 1)	The background script injects JavaScript code into every tab the user opens or navigates to by calling `browser.tabs.executeScript` with dynamically constructed code strings. Although the visible purpose is inserting …	1.0.6
4	Remote Code Loading	high	js/background.js (line 188667)	The extension is configured to fetch localization assets over HTTP from an external domain (`usemarketngs.com`) instead of relying only on packaged `_locales` files. Remote assets can be changed after store review, wh…	1.1.0
5	Tracking	high	js/background.js (line 1)	The extension silently generates and persists a unique UUID (`cid`) in `chrome.storage.local` that survives across browser sessions, then fires a Google Analytics pageview hit to `https://www.google-analytics.com/coll…	1.0.6
6	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	js/background.js (line 1)	When the proxy is set, `api.nucleusvpn.com` is explicitly added to the `bypassList`, meaning all API traffic to the VPN operator's server travels over the user's real IP address even while the VPN is active. This allo…	1.0.6
7	Network Interception	medium	js/background.js (line 1)	During proxy health checking, the extension temporarily installs a PAC script that routes all browser traffic to `'DIRECT'` (no proxy) except for requests to `ifconfig.me`. This temporarily overrides the user's proxy …	1.0.6
8	Tracking	medium	js/background.js (line 188576)	The background script generates a persistent UUID, stores it in `chrome.storage.local`, and sends it to Google Analytics as `cid` on startup. That creates long-term install-level tracking without any visible user cons…	1.1.0
9	Tracking	medium	js/background.js (line 1)	The tracking function is called with the hardcoded Google Analytics property `UA-201220744-1` at background script initialization. Additionally, the extension registers `onCreated` and `onUpdated` listeners on every b…	1.0.6
10	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	manifest.json (line 1)	The content script is declared to run at `document_start` — the earliest possible execution point, before the DOM is even parsed — on all HTTP and HTTPS URLs across all frames including `about:blank`. Combined with `a…	1.0.6

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URLs

IPv4

IPv6

URLs

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getbootstrap.com	-	https://getbootstrap.com/
github.com	/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE	https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE
www.w3.org	/2000/svg	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
github.com	/uuidjs/uuid	https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#getrandomvalues-not-supported
developer.mozilla.org	/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage	https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage
www.google-analytics.com	/collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?${new
chrome.google.com	/webstore	https://chrome.google.com/webstore
usemarketngs.com	-	https://usemarketngs.com
api.nucleusvpn.com	/api/proxy	https://api.nucleusvpn.com/api/proxy
ifconfig.me	/ip	https://ifconfig.me/ip

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14.1.1.9	IPv4	-

3.5 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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Negative

Very bad. Doesn't Work.

Md Mostafijur·29 Sept 2021

Не хватает индикатора подключенной зоны.

Карабах·28 Sept 2021

good to use. it is recommended

Brymo 3d·28 Sept 2021

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Vector VPN

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