Is SmartBear Test Extension safe?
SmartBear Test Extension bridges the browser to a local TestComplete application via native messaging and the Chrome debugger API.
The extension injects content scripts into every page to read full DOM structure, element bounding boxes, styles, and form input values, then relays this data to a locally-running TestComplete process through a native messaging host ('testcomplete12.smartbear.chrome.extension'). It also attaches Chrome's debugger API to browser tabs, enabling TestComplete to issue arbitrary Chrome DevTools Protocol commands—including enabling full network traffic inspection—to any open tab on demand.
Who publishes itSmartBear Software Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
SmartBear Software Inc. - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
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1 other listing published from this account, 1k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 15.0.10. 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
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Attach to pages with the browser's debugger, which can read and rewrite anything on them
debugger
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed SmartBear Test Extension 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.
- testcomplete12.smartbear.chrome.extension (local native host)
SmartBear Test Extension sends data to testcomplete12.smartbear.chrome.extension (local native host). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.