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Security audit

Quant Finance

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a local plain-text reference skill with no credential, network, persistence, or mutation behavior, though some finance content is generic or mismatched.

Install only if you want a lightweight local reference stub. Do not rely on it for trading, regulatory, or risk decisions without independent authoritative sources, because the included finance material is generic and partly off-topic.

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
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (4)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill description is broad and generic enough that an agent may invoke it in situations where the user did not explicitly request this skill. Overly loose activation language increases the chance of unintended tool selection, which can cause prompt-scope confusion or irrelevant skill execution even though this specific skill appears read-only and non-networked.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The command triggers are common single words like 'intro', 'risks', and 'checklist', which can easily appear in ordinary conversation and unintentionally activate the skill. Generic triggers create a realistic risk of false-positive invocation and routing errors, especially in multi-skill environments where common words overlap heavily.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The file header claims this is a quant-finance reference tool, but the embedded text repeatedly uses vague, domain-inconsistent boilerplate. In an agent skill, this kind of deceptive or low-integrity labeling is dangerous because agents may route sensitive finance-related queries to content that is not authoritative for that domain.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The commands in this region present generic operational inspection, equipment, and shutdown guidance that does not match a quant-finance reference tool. This mismatch can mislead downstream agents or users into trusting irrelevant or unsafe instructions, creating prompt-surface integrity issues and increasing the chance of misuse in finance workflows.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.