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Abstract Trimmer

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

Abstract Trimmer is a coherent local Python tool for shortening academic abstracts, with only user-directed text file input and output.

Install only if you are comfortable running a local Python script on files you choose. Use non-sensitive abstract text, choose input and output paths carefully, and avoid pointing the output at an existing file you do not want overwritten.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • 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)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The skill documentation describes file read and file write behavior, but no explicit permissions are declared in the manifest metadata. This creates a capability/permission mismatch that can cause the skill to be granted broader filesystem access than users or reviewers expect, weakening least-privilege controls and making unsafe file operations easier to miss during review.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.