LinkedIn

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is transparent about LinkedIn automation, but it relies on logged-in browser sessions and optional session-cookie handling that could give broad account access without clear storage or scope controls.

Review this skill carefully before use. It is coherent for LinkedIn automation, but only install it if you are comfortable with the agent seeing LinkedIn pages/messages and potentially acting in your account. Avoid the session-cookie method unless absolutely necessary, and require explicit approval before any message, connection request, acceptance, or other account-changing action.

VirusTotal

63/63 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Risk analysis

Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.

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ASI03: Identity and Privilege Abuse
High
What this means

Anyone or any agent workflow with access to that cookie could potentially act as the user on LinkedIn until the session is revoked or expires.

Why it was flagged

`li_at` is a LinkedIn session credential. The skill asks for session-token handling but does not specify a bounded storage mechanism, API scope, expiry, or revocation process.

Skill content
If browser relay isn't available, extract the `li_at` cookie from browser ... Copy `li_at` value ... Store securely for API requests
Recommendation

Prefer the manual browser login/relay path over copying cookies. If a cookie is used, keep it out of chat history, store it only in a trusted secret store, and log out or revoke the session after use.

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ASI02: Tool Misuse and Exploitation
Medium
What this means

Mistaken or insufficiently reviewed browser actions could send unwanted messages or change the user's LinkedIn network.

Why it was flagged

The browser tool can perform account-changing LinkedIn actions, but the skill does instruct confirmation before messages and connection actions.

Skill content
Use `browser action=act` with click/type actions ... Always confirm message content before sending ... Never accept/send connection requests without confirmation
Recommendation

Require a final explicit user confirmation for every outgoing message, connection request, acceptance, or other account-changing action.

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ASI06: Memory and Context Poisoning
Medium
What this means

The agent may see sensitive LinkedIn messages, notifications, profile details, or contact information during normal use.

Why it was flagged

Browser snapshots of LinkedIn messages and notifications can place private professional communications into the agent's context.

Skill content
View Notifications/Messages ... browser action=navigate profile=chrome targetUrl="https://www.linkedin.com/messaging/" ... browser action=snapshot profile=chrome
Recommendation

Use this only for threads and profiles you are comfortable exposing to the agent, and treat message/profile text as untrusted content that should not override user instructions.