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<blockquote data-quote="Nightwalker" data-source="post: 940797" data-attributes="member: 23015"><p>This doesnt make any sense and it is wrong is so many ways, by this logic Chromium browsers are impervious to vulnerabilities because they run in a fairly powerful sandbox with limited rights.</p><p></p><p>For years browsers extensions have been consistently a source of attacks, this isnt an opinion, it is a fact, because of that Google was forced to adopt Manifest v3 (no, it isnt all about adblockers) and to have more strict control and rules in Chrome Store.</p><p></p><p>Extensions can be a source of memory leak and other kind of performance problems too, this is all very documented.</p><p></p><p>Examples:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/01/22/rogue-websites-can-turn-vulnerable-browser-extensions-into-back-doors/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/websites-can-exploit-browser-extensions-steal-user-data[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/13/surprise-not-extensions-may-impact-a-browsers-performance/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.information-age.com/chrome-extensions-123478016/[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/websites-can-exploit-browser-extensions-steal-user-data[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sysnet.ucsd.edu/~voelker/pubs/malextend-cset17.pdf[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nightwalker, post: 940797, member: 23015"] This doesnt make any sense and it is wrong is so many ways, by this logic Chromium browsers are impervious to vulnerabilities because they run in a fairly powerful sandbox with limited rights. For years browsers extensions have been consistently a source of attacks, this isnt an opinion, it is a fact, because of that Google was forced to adopt Manifest v3 (no, it isnt all about adblockers) and to have more strict control and rules in Chrome Store. Extensions can be a source of memory leak and other kind of performance problems too, this is all very documented. Examples: [URL unfurl="true"]https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/01/22/rogue-websites-can-turn-vulnerable-browser-extensions-into-back-doors/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/websites-can-exploit-browser-extensions-steal-user-data[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ghacks.net/2019/02/13/surprise-not-extensions-may-impact-a-browsers-performance/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.information-age.com/chrome-extensions-123478016/[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.securityweek.com/websites-can-exploit-browser-extensions-steal-user-data[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sysnet.ucsd.edu/~voelker/pubs/malextend-cset17.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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