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ProctorExam Activity Sharing
Version 1.8.1 View in Chrome Web Store
Last scanned: about 2 months ago
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Extension Details
Developer:
https://proctorexam.com/
Rating:
1.6 ★
(328 ratings)
Users:
800,000
Context-Aware Verdict
This section provides a Claude-based AI analysis that applies additional context to the risk. Results are not guaranteed to be accurate.
HIGH
Overall Risk
Trust Factors:
The extension has a substantial user base of 800,000 users and is developed by ProctorExam, a legitimate online proctoring service company. However, the extremely low rating of 1.6 out of 5 stars from 328 reviews is a significant red flag, suggesting widespread user dissatisfaction or potential functionality issues. The company appears to be established in the online education/proctoring space, which provides some legitimacy context.
Concerns:
The extension's permissions appear excessive for its stated purpose. While the tabs permission might be justified for exam monitoring functionality, it grants broad access to manipulate browser tabs and view tab information across all websites. The activeTab permission, while less concerning, still allows access to currently active tabs when the extension is clicked. The host permissions are appropriately restricted to proctorexam.com domains, which is positive. The extremely poor user rating suggests either technical problems, privacy concerns, or overly intrusive behavior that users find objectionable.
Recommendations:
Given the high risk level and poor user feedback, consider running this extension in a separate Chrome profile dedicated solely to exam activities. Only install and enable it when specifically required for ProctorExam sessions, and disable or remove it immediately afterward. Review the extension's actual behavior during use and be cautious about any unexpected tab manipulation or data access requests.
Findings
This section provides a detailed analysis of the extension's security posture, without broader context. Assumes worst-case impact.
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: 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.
MEDIUM
Medium-Risk Permission: activeTab
This extension has the activeTab permission. Can access the active tab when clicking the extension icon.
Security Analysis Details
Required Permissions:
- activeTab
- tabs
- scripting
Host Permissions:
- https://*.proctorexam.com/*
Embedded URLs (938 total):
| https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/manifest | http://tokbox.com/opentok/libraries/client/js/ | |
| https://github.com/muaz-khan/WebRTC-Experiment/tree/master/Chrome-Extensions/desktopCapture | https://github.com/muaz-khan | |
| http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT | http://twitter.com/muazkh | |
| https://github.com/muaz-khan/WebRTC-Experiment | https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/licence/ | |
| https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx | https://www.proctorexam.com | |
| https://proctorexam.com/ | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.12.11.tgz#f4ad435aa263db935b8f10f2c552d23fb716a63f | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/code-frame/-/code-frame-7.12.13.tgz#dcfc826beef65e75c50e21d3837d7d95798dd658 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-validator-identifier/-/helper-validator-identifier-7.14.0.tgz#d26cad8a47c65286b15df1547319a5d0bcf27288 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/highlight/-/highlight-7.14.0.tgz#3197e375711ef6bf834e67d0daec88e4f46113cf | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.13.9.tgz#97dbe2116e2630c489f22e0656decd60aaa1fcee | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@devicefarmer/adbkit-logcat/-/adbkit-logcat-1.1.0.tgz#866d3406dc9f3791446adfe3ae622ffc48607db4 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@devicefarmer/adbkit-monkey/-/adbkit-monkey-1.0.1.tgz#7d225e5fdbdad8d6772453390ecab3f1b0eb72b1 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@devicefarmer/adbkit/-/adbkit-2.11.3.tgz#0ad981a20aada3e4eff4871218f633c85cf7f2db | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@eslint/eslintrc/-/eslintrc-0.4.1.tgz#442763b88cecbe3ee0ec7ca6d6dd6168550cbf14 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@mdn/browser-compat-data/-/browser-compat-data-3.2.4.tgz#9b015c608eaed5cc47c35bb3d63f6502e5bd88c7 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sindresorhus/is/-/is-0.14.0.tgz#9fb3a3cf3132328151f353de4632e01e52102bea | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@szmarczak/http-timer/-/http-timer-1.1.2.tgz#b1665e2c461a2cd92f4c1bbf50d5454de0d4b421 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz#f0ec25dbf2f0e4b18647313ac031134ca5b24b21 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-15.6.1.tgz#32d43390d5c62c5b6ec486a9bc9c59544de39a08 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.9.1.tgz#d10f69f9f522eef3cf98e30afb684a1e1ec923af | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn-jsx/-/acorn-jsx-5.3.1.tgz#fc8661e11b7ac1539c47dbfea2e72b3af34d267b | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/acorn/-/acorn-7.4.1.tgz#feaed255973d2e77555b83dbc08851a6c63520fa | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/addons-linter/-/addons-linter-3.2.0.tgz#017e3619b1cc0b006be91d868902cf4236ae291c | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/addons-scanner-utils/-/addons-scanner-utils-4.4.0.tgz#68dda5088a269197e2ad8a0cfb681029039d3448 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/adm-zip/-/adm-zip-0.5.5.tgz#b6549dbea741e4050309f1bb4d47c47397ce2c4f | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv-merge-patch/-/ajv-merge-patch-4.1.0.tgz#cd580e5860ac53431d6aa901fa3d5e2eb2b74a6c | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz#baf5a62e802b07d977034586f8c3baf5adf26df4 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-8.5.0.tgz#695528274bcb5afc865446aa275484049a18ae4b | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-align/-/ansi-align-3.0.0.tgz#b536b371cf687caaef236c18d3e21fe3797467cb | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-colors/-/ansi-colors-4.1.1.tgz#cbb9ae256bf750af1eab344f229aa27fe94ba348 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-2.1.1.tgz#c3b33ab5ee360d86e0e628f0468ae7ef27d654df | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-4.1.0.tgz#8b9f8f08cf1acb843756a839ca8c7e3168c51997 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-5.0.0.tgz#388539f55179bf39339c81af30a654d69f87cb75 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.1.tgz#41fbb20243e50b12be0f04b8dedbf07520ce841d | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz#edd803628ae71c04c85ae7a0906edad34b648937 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/any-promise/-/any-promise-1.3.0.tgz#abc6afeedcea52e809cdc0376aed3ce39635d17f | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz#bcd6791ea5ae09725e17e5ad988134cd40b3d911 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-differ/-/array-differ-3.0.0.tgz#3cbb3d0f316810eafcc47624734237d6aee4ae6b | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-filter/-/array-filter-0.0.1.tgz#7da8cf2e26628ed732803581fd21f67cacd2eeec | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-map/-/array-map-0.0.0.tgz#88a2bab73d1cf7bcd5c1b118a003f66f665fa662 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-reduce/-/array-reduce-0.0.0.tgz#173899d3ffd1c7d9383e4479525dbe278cab5f2b | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-union/-/array-union-2.1.0.tgz#b798420adbeb1de828d84acd8a2e23d3efe85e8d | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arrify/-/arrify-2.0.1.tgz#c9655e9331e0abcd588d2a7cad7e9956f66701fa | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/asn1/-/asn1-0.2.4.tgz#8d2475dfab553bb33e77b54e59e880bb8ce23136 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/assert-plus/-/assert-plus-1.0.0.tgz#f12e0f3c5d77b0b1cdd9146942e4e96c1e4dd525 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/astral-regex/-/astral-regex-2.0.0.tgz#483143c567aeed4785759c0865786dc77d7d2e31 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-3.2.0.tgz#b3a2685c5ebb641d3de02d161002c60fc9f85720 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.2.10.tgz#b6bbe0b0674b9d719708ca38de8c237cb526c3d1 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/asynckit/-/asynckit-0.4.0.tgz#c79ed97f7f34cb8f2ba1bc9790bcc366474b4b79 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/at-least-node/-/at-least-node-1.0.0.tgz#602cd4b46e844ad4effc92a8011a3c46e0238dc2 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/atomic-sleep/-/atomic-sleep-1.0.0.tgz#eb85b77a601fc932cfe432c5acd364a9e2c9075b | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sign2/-/aws-sign2-0.7.0.tgz#b46e890934a9591f2d2f6f86d7e6a9f1b3fe76a8 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.11.0.tgz#d61f46d83b2519250e2784daf5b09479a8b41c59 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz#e83e3a7e3f300b34cb9d87f615fa0cbf357690ee | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bcrypt-pbkdf/-/bcrypt-pbkdf-1.0.2.tgz#a4301d389b6a43f9b67ff3ca11a3f6637e360e9e | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bluebird/-/bluebird-2.9.34.tgz#2f7b4ec80216328a9fddebdf69c8d4942feff7d8 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/boolbase/-/boolbase-1.0.0.tgz#68dff5fbe60c51eb37725ea9e3ed310dcc1e776e | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/boxen/-/boxen-5.0.1.tgz#657528bdd3f59a772b8279b831f27ec2c744664b | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.11.tgz#3c7fcbf529d87226f3d2f52b966ff5271eb441dd | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz#0d333e3f00eac50aa1454abd30ef8c2a5d9a7242 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-equal-constant-time/-/buffer-equal-constant-time-1.0.1.tgz#f8e71132f7ffe6e01a5c9697a4c6f3e48d5cc819 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz#32713bc028f75c02fdb710d7c7bcec1f2c6070ef | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bunyan/-/bunyan-1.8.15.tgz#8ce34ca908a17d0776576ca1b2f6cbd916e93b46 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacheable-request/-/cacheable-request-6.1.0.tgz#20ffb8bd162ba4be11e9567d823db651052ca912 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/call-bind/-/call-bind-1.0.2.tgz#b1d4e89e688119c3c9a903ad30abb2f6a919be3c | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/callsites/-/callsites-3.1.0.tgz#b3630abd8943432f54b3f0519238e33cd7df2f73 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/camelcase/-/camelcase-6.2.0.tgz#924af881c9d525ac9d87f40d964e5cea982a1809 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caseless/-/caseless-0.12.0.tgz#1b681c21ff84033c826543090689420d187151dc | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.0.tgz#4e14870a618d9e2edd97dd8345fd9d9dc315646a | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz#cd42541677a54333cf541a49108c1432b44c9424 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.1.tgz#c80b3fab28bf6371e6863325eee67e618b77e6ad | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cheerio-select/-/cheerio-select-1.4.0.tgz#3a16f21e37a2ef0f211d6d1aa4eff054bb22cdc9 | |
| https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cheerio/-/cheerio-1.0.0-rc.6.tgz#a5ae81ab483aeefa1280c325543c601145506240 | https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chrome-launcher/-/chrome-launcher-0.13.4.tgz#4c7d81333c98282899c4e38256da23e00ed32f73 |
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Raw Manifest
{ "name": "ProctorExam Activity Sharing", "icons": { "16": "logo16.png", "48": "logo48.png", "128": "logo128.png" }, "author": "Procwise BV", "version": "1.8.1", "background": { "service_worker": "background-script.js" }, "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "description": "Lets you share your browsing activity when taking an online exam on ProctorExam - https://www.proctorexam.com", "permissions": [ "activeTab", "tabs", "scripting" ], "homepage_url": "https://proctorexam.com/", "content_scripts": [ { "js": [ "content-script.js" ], "run_at": "document_end", "matches": [ "https://*.proctorexam.com/check_requirements/*", "https://*.proctorexam.com/student_sessions/*" ], "all_frames": true } ], "host_permissions": [ "https://*.proctorexam.com/*" ], "manifest_version": 3, "minimum_chrome_version": "88" }
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