Is Get Maps & Driving Directions safe?
Get Maps & Driving Directions sets bestfreemaps.com as the default search provider for omnibox searches.
When installed, the extension configures Chrome's default search provider to use bestfreemaps.com. Searches typed into the address bar are sent to bestfreemaps.com/search-direction.php with the search terms in the q query parameter.
Who publishes itQwerPDF - 6 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
QwerPDF - 6 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
6 other listings published from this account, 115k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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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Findings
Omnibox searches route to BestFreeMaps search endpoint
Installing Get Maps & Driving Directions sets Chrome's default search provider to BestFreeMaps.
Address-bar searches route to bestfreemaps.com/search-direction.php with the search terms in the q query parameter.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-506
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
The user installs the extension and enters searches in Chrome's address bar.
The extension sets BestFreeMaps as the default search provider, routing omnibox searches to bestfreemaps.com/search-direction.php.
- Your search termsdirections to airport (illustrative)
The text entered into Chrome's address bar is sent as the search query.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.1.0.5. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Get Maps & Driving Directions 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.
- bestfreemaps.com
Get Maps & Driving Directions sends data to bestfreemaps.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.