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APoW Mining

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill transparently sets up a dedicated low-balance wallet for APoW mining using a pinned CLI, with approval, recovery, spending-cap, and stop conditions described.

Before installing, confirm you are comfortable funding a dedicated wallet for Base mining and with the stated daily and per-action caps. Do not use a main wallet, do not share private keys or passwords in chat, and stop if the CLI asks to exceed your approved budget or if transaction status is unclear.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (1)

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

The skill directs the agent to request a live Base ETH deposit amount/address from the CLI and then automatically proceed to convert funds, mint or resume a rig, and continue mining transactions until stopped. Even though it mentions approval and policy caps elsewhere, this is still autonomous handling of user funds and on-chain actions with variable real-world cost, making it a true autonomous-decision-making risk in a financial/blockchain context.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 73)May include surrounding context.

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Ask for **Base ETH only**, using the complete address and live amount printed
by the CLI. The quote includes the current rig fee, conservative ETH reserve,
swap gas, and a missing 2 USDC service budget. It is not a fixed USD quote.
Do not ask the user to buy or send USDC separately. After deposit, rerun the
same pinned start command: it converts the required ETH, checks landed balances,
and mints or resumes an existing rig. It stops before a swap that would consume
the ETH reserve.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.