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LeadhuntAI - Chrome Extension

Version 0.7.0.4 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 3 hours ago

Extension Details

Rating: 4.4 ★ (13 ratings)

Users: 336

Context-Aware Verdict

CRITICAL

Overall Risk

Trust Factors: The extension has very limited trust indicators with only 336 users and 13 ratings, suggesting minimal market validation. The 4.4 rating is positive but based on an extremely small sample size. No clear developer information is provided, which raises transparency concerns. The extension appears to be a lead generation tool for LinkedIn, which is a legitimate business use case.

Concerns: The permission set is extremely excessive for a LinkedIn lead generation tool. The management permission is particularly alarming as it allows control over other extensions, which is rarely necessary for legitimate functionality. The combination of cookies, tabs, webNavigation, and broad host permissions creates a powerful surveillance capability that extends far beyond LinkedIn. The unlimitedStorage permission combined with extensive data access could enable large-scale data harvesting. The localhost permission suggests potential communication with local applications, adding another attack vector.

Recommendations: Do not install this extension in your primary browser profile due to the critical risk level. If you must use it, create a dedicated Chrome profile with minimal sensitive data and no other extensions installed. Consider alternative LinkedIn lead generation tools with more restrictive permissions. Before installation, verify the developer's identity and reputation through independent sources. Monitor your LinkedIn account closely for any unauthorized activity if you proceed with installation.

Findings

HIGH

Broad Host Permissions

This extension has broad host permissions allowing it to access many or all websites. This could potentially be used to steal sensitive data or track browsing activity.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: cookies

This extension has the cookies permission. Can access and modify browser cookies. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: management

This extension has the management permission. Can manage other extensions. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: tabs

This extension has the tabs permission. Can access browser tab information and manipulate tabs. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: webNavigation

This extension has the webNavigation permission. Can track your web navigation. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

MEDIUM

Access to Sensitive Domains

This extension requests access to sensitive domains: *://*.linkedin.com/*. Ensure you trust this extension with access to these sites.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: activeTab

This extension has the activeTab permission. Can access the active tab when clicking the extension icon.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: contextMenus

This extension has the contextMenus permission. Can add items to the context menu.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: notifications

This extension has the notifications permission. Can show notifications.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: storage

This extension has the storage permission. Can store data locally.

MEDIUM

Medium-Risk Permission: unlimitedStorage

This extension has the unlimitedStorage permission. Can store unlimited data locally.

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
tabs
cookies
unlimitedStorage
webNavigation
notifications
alarms
windows
contextMenus
management

Host Permissions:

*://*.linkedin.com/*
*://*.leadhunt.ai/*
http://localhost/*

Embedded URLs (83 total):

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css	https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.0.0/css/all.min.css
https://leadhunt.ai/extension-release-notes/	https://leadhunt.ai/extension-release-notes/?faq=update-extension
https://linkedin.com/feed/	https://www.linkedin.com/in/
https://www.linkedin.com	https://leadhunt.ai
http://leadhunt.ai:5000	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
https://fontawesome.com	https://fontawesome.com/license/free
https://fontawesome.com/license	https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
https://getbootstrap.com/	https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/graphs/contributors
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE	https://goo.gl/pxwQGp
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/32273	https://www.charistheo.io/blog/2021/02/restart-a-css-animation-with-javascript/#restarting-a-css-animation
https://github.com/popperjs/popper-core/issues/1223	https://github.com/popperjs/popper-core/issues/837
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Containing_block#identifying_the_containing_block	https://github.com/facebook/flow/issues/1414
https://github.com/popperjs/popper-core/issues/1078	https://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2014/02/mouse_event_bub.html
https://popper.js.org	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/innerWidth#usage_notes
https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/12.2.x/packages/core/src/sanitization/url_sanitizer.ts	https://example.com
https://www.linkedin.com/messaging/thread/	https://registry.npmjs.org/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.7.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/array-flatten/-/array-flatten-1.1.1.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/body-parser/-/body-parser-1.19.0.tgz
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https://registry.npmjs.org/ee-first/-/ee-first-1.1.1.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-html/-/escape-html-1.0.3.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/etag/-/etag-1.8.1.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/express/-/express-4.17.1.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/finalhandler/-/finalhandler-1.1.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/forwarded/-/forwarded-0.2.0.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/fresh/-/fresh-0.5.2.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/http-errors/-/http-errors-1.7.2.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz
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https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.48.0.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.31.tgz
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https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.7.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.7.0.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/range-parser/-/range-parser-1.2.1.tgz
https://registry.npmjs.org/raw-body/-/raw-body-2.4.0.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz
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https://registry.npmjs.org/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/type-is/-/type-is-1.6.18.tgz
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Raw Manifest

{
  "name": "LeadhuntAI - Chrome Extension",
  "icons": {
    "16": "images/logo-16.png",
    "32": "images/logo-48.png",
    "128": "images/logo-128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "images/logo-16.png",
      "32": "images/logo-48.png",
      "128": "images/logo-128.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "./html/popup.html"
  },
  "version": "0.7.0.4",
  "background": {
    "type": "module",
    "service_worker": "./background.js"
  },
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "This extension will allow you to easily retrieve session cookies each time you use Leadhunt",
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "activeTab",
    "scripting",
    "tabs",
    "cookies",
    "unlimitedStorage",
    "webNavigation",
    "notifications",
    "alarms",
    "windows",
    "contextMenus",
    "management"
  ],
  "options_page": "./html/options.html",
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "js": [
        "/js/jquery-3.7.0.min.js",
        "/js/popper.min.js",
        "/js/bootstrapJS.js",
        "/js/fontawesome.all.min.js"
      ],
      "css": [
        "/styles/bootstrapCSS.css",
        "/styles/fontawesome.all.mini.css",
        "/styles/report.css",
        "/styles/inject.css"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "*://*.linkedin.com/*"
      ],
      "all_frames": true
    }
  ],
  "host_permissions": [
    "*://*.linkedin.com/*",
    "*://*.leadhunt.ai/*",
    "http://localhost/*"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "*://*.linkedin.com/*",
        "*://*.leadhunt.ai/*",
        "http://localhost/*"
      ],
      "resources": [
        "/images/*",
        "/js/*",
        "/styles/*",
        "styles/webfonts/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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LeadhuntAI - Chrome Extension

Extension Details

Context-Aware Verdict

Findings

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Required Permissions:

Host Permissions:

Embedded URLs (83 total):

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