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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Yahoo雅虎香港首頁

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Yahoo雅虎香港首頁

ID: jnonffcmmbiocalflodeefdjpinijmde

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

3.0.4

Size

0.83 MB

Rating

0.0/5

Reviews

Users

10,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Jul 4, 2023

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: ypartnerpublisher-6View Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Country: US
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes
Address: 770 Broadway 9th Floor New York, NY 10003-9522 US

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Total Users

20,000

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打開瀏覽器閱讀每日焦點新聞! 此附加元件會自動將 hk.yahoo.com 設定為您的首頁及新分頁預設頁面.

即睇最新頭條，重大新聞！安裝此擴充功能之後，將「Yahoo!」設定為您的首頁。在 Yahoo! 首頁，您可以一覽即時重要社會新聞、國際新知、娛樂消息、生活資訊；而使用其他Yahoo! 服務也變得更容易，如：Yahoo! 新聞、Yahoo! 財經、Yahoo! 搜尋、Yahoo! Mail等等，探索您感興趣的事物。您更可以加入 Yahoo! 會員計劃，天天累積點數，免費兌換禮物、美食、優惠券，著數多多！安裝此擴充功能之後，並在 Chrome 瀏覽器打開新分頁，您將看到「是否要變更這個頁面嗎？」請按下【保留】，盡享 Yahoo! 帶給你的優質服務。

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3 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 0 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 0.00 / 5.0

Extracted Data

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Medium5

Low4

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 6 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.0.4 Code review	9

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.0.4	9

Files with findings

5 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js5
browsergap-sw.js1
components/back/utils.js1
tracking-sw.js1
ui/homepage.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Privilege Escalation	medium	background.js (line 195)	The manifest overrides Chrome's new-tab page (chrome_url_overrides.newtab → ui/homepage.html), and that page immediately redirects (window.location.href = url) to whatever 'homepageUrl' was stored — a value built from…	3.0.4
2	Privilege Escalation	medium	ui/homepage.js (line 1)	The new-tab page silently redirects every new tab to a URL pulled from extension storage that was constructed from a remote partner config plus affiliate tracking parameters. Users opening a blank new tab are uncondit…	3.0.4
3	Remote Code Loading	medium	background.js (line 132)	On install, the extension fetches a remote JSON config from search.yahoo.com/jf/ext/conf/hpset/{channel}.json whose 'channel' value is taken from a 'partner' query-string parameter on the install page. Fields from thi…	3.0.4
4	Tracking	medium	browsergap-sw.js (line 63)	On first run the extension generates a 32-character pseudo-UUID (CTID), persists it in chrome.storage.local, and sends it on every subsequent telemetry beacon. This produces a stable per-install identifier used to cor…	3.0.4
5	Tracking	medium	tracking-sw.js (line 12)	Builds a tracking beacon to https://geo.yahoo.com/p containing the persistent CTID, browser name/short-name, OS, accept-language, extension version, market, frCode (affiliate/partner code), spaceId, and an amp_desc st…	3.0.4
6	Tracking	low	background.js (line 38)	A persistent 4-hour 'live ping' alarm is registered on install and on every browser startup that calls back to geo.yahoo.com with the CTID and partner tracking parameters. The continuous, identifier-bearing heartbeat …	3.0.4
7	Tracking	low	background.js (line 101)	On install the extension scans all open yahoo.com / Chrome Web Store tabs (chrome.tabs.query) for an 'extInstall=1' marker URL, then harvests 'partner', 'campaign', and 'region' query parameters from those URLs. These…	3.0.4
8	Tracking	low	background.js (line 71)	Sets a chrome.runtime.setUninstallURL pulled from the remotely-fetched distribChannelConfig, so the URL opened in the user's browser at uninstall time can be changed by the partner-config endpoint without an extension…	3.0.4
9	Unauthorized Data Collection	low	components/back/utils.js (line 39)	Defines a generic cookie-read helper using the chrome.cookies API. It is invoked from FinanceModel.js to read the 'T' and 'Y' Yahoo session cookies on https://www.yahoo.com/ to detect the user's logged-in state. The c…	3.0.4

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www.yahoo.com	-	https://www.yahoo.com/?fr=
www.yahoo.com	-	https://www.yahoo.com/
*.yahoo.com	/*	https://.yahoo.com/
chrome.google.com	/webstore/*	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/*
microsoftedge.microsoft.com	/addons/*	https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/*
www.yahoo.com	-	https://www.yahoo.com/?fr=yset_chr_ext_exit
www.yahoo.com	-	https://www.yahoo.com/?fr=yset_edge_ext_exit
search.yahoo.com	/jf/ext/conf/hpset/	https://search.yahoo.com/jf/ext/conf/hpset/
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
geo.yahoo.com	/p	https://geo.yahoo.com/p?t=

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Yahoo雅虎香港首頁

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