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Secure Exam Proctor

Version 1.5.26023.40 View in Chrome Web Store

Last scanned: 5 days ago | force re-scan

Extension Details

Developer: proctorio.com
Rating: 1.1 ★ (5.6K ratings)
Users: 3,000,000

Context-Aware Verdict

CRITICAL
Overall Risk
Trust Factors:

The extension is developed by Proctorio, a legitimate company specializing in online exam proctoring services. With 3 million users, it has significant adoption in educational institutions. However, the extremely low rating of 1.1 out of 5 stars from 5,600 reviews is a major red flag, suggesting widespread user dissatisfaction and potential issues with the extension's behavior or invasiveness.

Concerns:

The extension requests an extraordinarily broad set of permissions that essentially grant it complete control over your browser and system. While some permissions like desktopCapture, tabCapture, and system monitoring are necessary for exam proctoring, others like management (controlling other extensions), proxy settings, downloads access, and privacy settings modification seem excessive. The broad host permissions allowing access to all websites, combined with webRequest interception capabilities, creates significant privacy and security risks. The unsafe WebAssembly execution policy adds another layer of concern.

Recommendations:

Given the critical risk level, only install this extension if absolutely required for academic purposes. Use it exclusively in a separate Chrome profile dedicated to exam-taking, and remove it immediately after use. Never use this profile for personal browsing or accessing sensitive accounts. The low user rating suggests researching alternative proctoring solutions if possible. If you must use it, ensure your institution has clear policies about data collection and retention, and consider the privacy implications of the extensive monitoring capabilities.

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: clipboardWrite
This extension has the clipboardWrite permission. Can modify clipboard content. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.
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: 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: 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: privacy
This extension has the privacy permission. Can modify privacy settings. This could potentially be used maliciously to compromise security or privacy.
HIGH
High-Risk Permission: proxy
This extension has the proxy permission. Can control proxy settings. 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: geolocation
This extension has the geolocation permission. Can access your location.
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.
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