Is AB Download Manager Browser Integration safe?
AB Download Manager Browser Integration forwards cookies and request headers for download URLs to the locally installed desktop app.
When a download link is triggered, the extension reads cookies for that URL via chrome.cookies.getAll and captures any Authorization or Cookie headers from the intercepted request. This data is sent via HTTP POST to the AB Download Manager desktop app listening on localhost (default port 15151). The sendHeaders option, enabled by default, controls whether cookies and headers are included in the handoff.
Who publishes itAmir Ai - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Amir Ai - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.5.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
*://*/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AB Download Manager Browser Integration contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- localhost:15151
AB Download Manager Browser Integration sends data to localhost:15151. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analyzed.