Is UTurbo safe?
UTurbo sends the active tab URL and browser user agent to carbonvpn.tech when its popup opens.
When the UTurbo popup opens, it reads the current active tab URL and browser user agent. It sends those values, along with extension status and its Carbon VPN cookie fields, to carbonvpn.tech over a POST request.
Who publishes itNo other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
No other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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
Popup opening sends the active tab URL to carbonvpn.tech
Opening the UTurbo popup makes the extension read the active tab URL and send it to carbonvpn.tech, along with the browser user agent and stored extension data, giving the remote service page context tied to your browser session.
- Severity
- Medium unwanted
- Type
- Unexpected
- CWE
- CWE-359
- Source
- Dynamic sandbox
You open the UTurbo popup.
The extension reads the active tab URL and sends it with browser and stored extension data to carbonvpn.tech.
- Active tab URLhttps://example.com/account (illustrative)
Shows the page you had open when the popup was used.
- Browser user agentMozilla/5.0 Chrome/126.0.0.0 (illustrative)
Describes your browser and device environment.
- Stored extension datacarbonCookie=abc123 (illustrative)
Carries extension state such as the stored carbonCookie value.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.3. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed UTurbo 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.
- carbonvpn.tech:8175
UTurbo sends data to carbonvpn.tech:8175. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.