Is Calendar View Tab safe?
Calendar View Tab sends new-tab search terms to Yahoo with fixed tracking parameters.
When you submit a search from Calendar View Tab's new tab page, the extension reads the typed query and opens a Yahoo search URL containing that query. The URL also includes fixed tracking parameters such as vmimp=calendar, uid=dBm2wI1paWdgccyLvYX9RwrU, and type=6171. This behavior is limited to searches submitted through the extension's own new tab page.
Who publishes itVisicom Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
Visicom Media - 2 other listings from the same operator, 2 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
2 other listings published from this account, 17k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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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Findings
New-tab searches are forwarded to Yahoo with tracking parameters
When you submit a search from Calendar View Tab's new-tab page, the extension forwards the search terms to Yahoo Search.
The request includes the typed query along with hard-coded tracking parameters for vmimp, uid, and type.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user submits a search from the extension's new-tab page.
The extension forwards the entered search terms to Yahoo Search with fixed tracking parameters.
- Your search termsweather tomorrow (illustrative)
The text you type into the new-tab search box is included as the Yahoo Search query.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.5. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Sign you in with your Google account
identity
Store data in your browser
storage
Run searches with your default search engine
search
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Calendar View Tab 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.
- search.yahoo.comwidely used
Calendar View Tab sends data to search.yahoo.com. A widely used service: 39 other extensions we have analysed send data here.