pfn / passifox

Extensions to allow Chrome and Firefox (4.0+) to auto form-fill passwords from KeePass (requires KeePassHttp)
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Certified Security #674

Open 3Fish opened 6 years ago

3Fish commented 6 years ago

Hi, I want to use ChromeIPass or FoxIPass in my Company as an extension to the already in use KeePass2. But we need to have some level of guaranteed Security and that's why I ask if these extensions (including KeePassHttp) have been tested by some kind of Security Organization.

If not I suggest that this is done, since this would allow many more companies to actually use these extensions. Maybe a Pen-Test by the German Chaos-Computer-Club would be possible and maybe even free?

varjolintu commented 6 years ago

KeePass has been audited (version 1.31, some details here) but KeePassHTTP and the browser extension isn't.

The key transfer in chromeipass/passifox is made in base64 encoded data which is as secure as plain text. Still, the traffic is restricted to localhost so it's as safe as your localhost is.

rhq commented 6 years ago

+1

The main purpose of Keepass is to secure your passwords and data... For now, this extension does not seem very secure at all.

For example, I do not understand why does the extension needs the rights to be able to :

Why do you need all of those rights ? I try to avoid as much as possible chrome extension which requires this kind of things.

varjolintu commented 6 years ago

access and modify the data on every website we visit

This is because of the content scripts. It allows to add password generator icon, autocomplete menu etc..

modify the data we copy/past

This allows the password generator to copy data to clipboard.