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Security audit

Journal Impact Factor Trend

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a small, offline journal trend helper with limited local file reading and no evidence of hidden network, credential, persistence, or destructive behavior.

Installers should understand that this appears to be a draft, mock-data skill rather than a live Journal Citation Reports integration. Use it only for bounded journal-trend demonstrations or workflows where its limited built-in data is acceptable, and confirm any real impact-factor claims against authoritative sources before relying on them.

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
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The activation guidance is overly broad and can cause the skill to be selected for loosely related 'evidence insight' tasks without clear exclusions or preconditions. In an agent setting, ambiguous routing increases the chance of inappropriate script execution, misuse on unsupported inputs, or reliance on outputs beyond the skill's stated scope.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
78% confidence
Finding

The usage guidance tells users to run the script and review generated output, but does not clearly warn up front that execution may create workspace artifacts. In shared or automation-heavy environments, insufficient disclosure about file creation can lead to unexpected writes, clutter, accidental overwrite of user files, or reduced auditability of what the skill changed.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.