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Norton Safe Web

Version 3.24.0.19 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: about 5 hours ago

Extension Details

Developer: https://norton.com/

Rating: 3.0 ★ (338 ratings)

Users: 4,000,000

Context-Aware Verdict

CRITICAL

Overall Risk

Based on 9 total findings, including 7 high-risk findings.

Findings

HIGH

Broad Content Script Injection

This extension can inject scripts into any website. This means it could potentially read sensitive data, modify website content, or steal credentials.

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: downloads

This extension has the downloads permission. Can download files and access download history. 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.

HIGH

High-Risk Permission: webRequest

This extension has the webRequest permission. Can intercept and modify web requests. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.

HIGH

Unsafe WebAssembly Execution

This extension's Content Security Policy allows 'wasm-unsafe-eval', which permits potentially dangerous WebAssembly code execution. This could be used to hide malicious code or perform CPU-intensive operations.

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.

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

tabs
background
webNavigation
storage
scripting
alarms
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
downloads
notifications

Host Permissions:

<all_urls>
https://*.norton.com/*

Content Security Policy:

extension_pages: script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'

Embedded URLs (81 total):

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/	https://chromewebstore.google.com/
https://addons.mozilla.org/	https://safari-extensions.apple.com/
https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons	https://static.nortoncdn.com/idsafe/images/v1/favicons/
https://feross.org/opensource	http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~tjw/jsbn/
https://github.com/bitcoinjs/bitcoinjs-lib	http://feross.org
https://##TELEMETRY_OPTOUT_URI##.norton.com/xbp-tour	https://hp.norton.myway.com/norton/
https://ak.staticimgfarm.com/images/webtooltab/ttdetect-2/prd/ttdetect.html#https://hp.norton.myway.com	https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/web
https://search.norton.com	https://analytics.avcdn.net/v4/receive/json
http://sitedirector.norton.com/932743328?ssdcat=SSDCAT_VALUE&env=prod&origin=ORIGIN&displang=iso3:ISO3_LAN_CODE&displocale=iso3:ISO3_COUNTRY_CODE&dest=DESTINATION	http://sitedirector.norton.com/932743328?ssdcat=SSDCAT_VALUE&env=prod&origin=ORIGIN&lang=LAN_CODE
https://##IDSAFE_PORTAL_URL##.norton.com/	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/
https://cloudconnect2.norton.com/v1/geolocationapi/location/countryembargoinformation/	https://gendigital.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eM0Jz36NWeBBkeG?Brand=Norton
https://ss-sym.search.ask.com/ss?	https://us.search.yahoo.com/sugg/gossip/gossip-us-partner?
https://qc.search.yahoo.com/sugg/gossip/gossip-qc-partner?	https://ca.search.yahoo.com/sugg/gossip/gossip-ca-partner?
https://api.bing.com/osjson.aspx?	https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?
https://qc.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?	https://ca.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?
https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/web?	https://subdomain.search.yahoo.com/
https://static.nortoncdn.com/nortonsafesearch/quickLinks/	https://addons.mozilla.org/LOCALE_LANG/firefox/addon/norton-safe-web
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/norton-safe-web/privacy	https://www.gendigital.com/privacy/product-privacy-notices/#norton-home-page
https://www.gendigital.com/privacy/product-privacy-notices/#norton-safe-search	https://static.nortoncdn.com/nortonextensionhomepage/multi-variate-testing-rules.json
https://static.nortoncdn.com/nortonsafesearch/weatherImages/dark/##WEATHER_ICON##.png	https://search.norton.com/client?
https://www.gendigital.com/legal	https://www.gendigital.com/privacy
https://www.bing.com/search	https://duckduckgo.com/
https://static.nortoncdn.com	https://searchsafe.norton.com/search
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/norton-safe-search/	https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/
https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/main/packages/babel-helpers/LICENSE	https://www.google-analytics.com/collect
http://medialize.github.io/URI.js/	http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
https://mths.be/punycode	https://safeweb.norton.com/report/show
https://static.nortoncdn.com/nortonextensionhomepage/URLParsingRules.json	http://sitedirector.norton.com/932743328?ssdcat=SSDCAT_VALUE&env=prod&origin=nsss&displang=iso3:ISO3_LAN_CODE&displocale=iso3:ISO3_COUNTRY_CODE
http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#	https://urlite.ff.avast.com/v1/urlinfo
https://stage-stats.securebrowser.com/	https://stats.securebrowser.com/
https://norton.com/internetsecurity	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink	http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch
https://code.google.com/p/crypto-js/issues/detail?id=84	https://crypto-js.googlecode.com/svn-history/r667/branches/3.x/src/core.js
https://github.com/Donaldcwl/browser-image-compression	https://reactjs.org/docs/error-decoder.html?invariant=
https://fb.me/react-polyfills	https://github.com/dcodeIO/long.js
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570	https://github.com/dcodeIO/bytebuffer.js
http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML	http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace	https://github.com/dcodeIO/protobuf.js
https://github.com/dcodeIO/ProtoBuf.js/wiki/Services	https://search.norton.com/client
https://searchsafe.norton.com/client	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

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Raw Manifest

{
  "name": "__MSG_swName__",
  "icons": {
    "16": "Icon-16.png",
    "32": "Icon-32.png",
    "48": "Icon-48.png",
    "64": "Icon-64.png",
    "128": "Icon-128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_icon": "content/images/safe-web-icon-untested@2x.png",
    "default_popup": "content/ui/popup.html",
    "default_title": "__MSG_swName__"
  },
  "author": "NortonLifeLock Inc",
  "version": "3.24.0.19",
  "incognito": "split",
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "serviceWorker.js"
  },
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "description": "__MSG_swDesc__",
  "permissions": [
    "tabs",
    "background",
    "webNavigation",
    "storage",
    "scripting",
    "alarms",
    "webRequest",
    "declarativeNetRequest",
    "declarativeNetRequestFeedback",
    "downloads",
    "notifications"
  ],
  "options_page": "content/ui/settings.html",
  "version_name": "3.24.0.19",
  "default_locale": "en",
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "js": [
        "content/libs/uri.min.js",
        "content/scripts/ClientEvents.js",
        "content/scripts/BfwCS.js",
        "NSSS_CS.js",
        "content/scripts/beforeLoad.js"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_start",
      "matches": [
        "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "all_frames": true,
      "match_about_blank": false
    },
    {
      "js": [
        "NSSS_CS.js",
        "content/libs/react-latest.min.js",
        "content/libs/react-dom-latest.min.js",
        "content/scripts/annotationCS.js"
      ],
      "css": [
        "content/ui/annotationStyles.css"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "https://*/*"
      ],
      "all_frames": true,
      "include_globs": [
        "https://*.google.*/*",
        "https://nortonsafe.search.ask.com/*",
        "https://*.adsensecustomsearchads.com/*"
      ]
    },
    {
      "js": [
        "content/libs/react-latest.min.js",
        "content/libs/react-dom-latest.min.js",
        "content/scripts/BfwCS.js",
        "content/scripts/annotationCS.js"
      ],
      "css": [
        "content/ui/annotationStyles.css"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "https://*.syndicatedsearch.goog/*"
      ],
      "all_frames": true
    },
    {
      "js": [
        "content/scripts/BfwCS.js",
        "content/scripts/BfwNotificationCenterProxy.js"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "all_frames": false
    },
    {
      "js": [
        "content/scripts/BfwCS.js",
        "NSSS_CS.js",
        "content/scripts/portalInstallFlowCS.js",
        "content/scripts/webCommunication.js"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end",
      "matches": [
        "https://*.norton.com/*",
        "https://secure.norton.myway.com/*"
      ],
      "all_frames": true
    }
  ],
  "host_permissions": [
    "<all_urls>",
    "https://*.norton.com/*"
  ],
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "content_security_policy": {
    "extension_pages": "script-src 'self' 'wasm-unsafe-eval'; object-src 'self'"
  },
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "<all_urls>"
      ],
      "resources": [
        "content/images/*.png",
        "content/images/*.svg",
        "content/fonts/*",
        "content/scripts/*.js",
        "content/libs/*.js",
        "_locales/*",
        "content/ui/content-page.css",
        "content/ui/*.html",
        "*.svg",
        "content/ui/safeWebNotification.js",
        "content/ui/safeWebNotification.css"
      ],
      "extension_ids": []
    }
  ]
}

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Norton Safe Web

Extension Details

Context-Aware Verdict

Findings

Security Analysis Details

Required Permissions:

Host Permissions:

Content Security Policy:

Embedded URLs (81 total):

Raw Manifest

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