Is AB Download Manager Browser Integration safe?
AB Download Manager Browser Integration forwards request headers and cookies to a locally-running download manager app over plain HTTP.
When a user right-clicks a link and selects 'Download with AB DM', the extension reads all cookies for that URL via chrome.cookies.getAll and sends them, along with the Host and User-Agent headers, to http://localhost:15151/add. The extension also listens to all outgoing web requests using Chrome's extraHeaders flag — which exposes Cookie and Authorization headers normally hidden from extensions — and automatically forwards these headers to the same local endpoint for file-type downloads (zip, exe, mp4, pdf, etc.) when autoCaptureLinks is enabled (the default). Both sendHeaders and autoCaptureLinks default to true.
Who publishes itAmir Ab - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Amir Ab - 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 1.3.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 1.5.0, which we have not unpacked yet.
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
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AB Download Manager 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 sends data to localhost:15151. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.