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An Evaluation of the Google Chrome Extension Security Architecture

An Evaluation of the Google Chrome Extension Security Architecture (Paper)

Examines how insecure network dependencies, website metadata and unsafe messaging bypass Chrome extension isolation boundaries. A review of 100 extensions separates observed vulnerabilities from hypothetical escalation paths and measures what privilege separation and permissions contain. Browser-provided metadata remains untrusted even outside content scripts.

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An Evaluation of the Google Chrome Extension Security Architecture (Paper)
Researcher
Nicholas Carlini, Adrienne Porter Felt and David Wagner
Published by
USENIX
Format
Whitepaper
Topic
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