Closed Bug 255001 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Possible trojan in Firefox extension

Categories

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Product:
addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
Component:
Public Pages
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: richbl, Assigned: wolf)

References

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Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2 This is a Firefox extension (plugin) issue, and not directly related to Firefox. After installing the "MiniT (drag+indicator) 0.2," I noticed that my local firewall was catching packets sent to 200-157-211-230.plugin.com.br. Not sure why, but it could be malicious. Very suspect. later, rich Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install "MiniT (drag+indicator) 0.2" extension 2. Observe packets sent to 200-157-211-230.plugin.com.br Actual Results: na Expected Results: not attempt to contact suspicious-looking website
Assignee: bugs → psychoticwolf
Component: Extension/Theme Manager → Update
Product: Firefox → mozilla.org
QA Contact: bugs → mozilla.update
Version: unspecified → other
I installed the extension in FF 0.9 and didn't see any packets to the host you cite. Then again, I'm on Linux, and I might have installed it incorrectly.
I read the source.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Component: Update → Web Site
Product: mozilla.org → Update
Version: other → unspecified
Product: addons.mozilla.org → addons.mozilla.org Graveyard
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