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Security audit

Smart TV Buying Consultant

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is an instruction-only smart TV buying advisor with disclosed product-suggestion behavior and no hidden execution, data access, or persistence.

Safe to install as a shopping-advice skill. Treat its model suggestions as starting points and verify current prices, availability, regional warranties, and specs before buying.

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
  • 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
75% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 173)May include surrounding context.

md
- Choosing screen size based on in-store appearance without accounting for actual viewing distance
- Confusing manufacturer motion-processing numbers with native refresh rate
- Selecting OLED for a bright sunlit room without checking peak brightness figures
- Purchasing a TV with insufficient HDMI 2.1 ports for a next-gen gaming setup
- Ignoring regional tuner standards and finding OTA channels do not work post-purchase
- Dismissing smart OS compatibility without verifying all required apps are available