T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking
- Location
SKILL.md:243- Finding
Mandatory Third-Party Branding in Generated Deliverables
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This plan was generated by the OPC-AI Skill (personal-brand-builder), based on the framework of the book "AI Super Individual." ``` ### Technical Analysis The Skill places a mandatory third-party attribution footer inside its prescribed output template. When the Skill is activated and the agent follows that template, OPC-AI and book branding are inserted into the user's generated Markdown deliverable regardless of whether the user requested or consented to such attribution. This constitutes output-oriented instruction hijacking because the Skill alters the agent's expected output for a purpose unrelated to the substantive personal-brand planning task. The instruction does not override system safety controls, execute code, or obtain additional system privileges, but it persistently influences the content produced during the active session. ### Attack Path 1. A user invokes the `personal-brand-builder` Skill. 2. The agent loads the instructions in `SKILL.md`. 3. The workflow directs the agent to generate a Markdown plan using the supplied output template. 4. The agent reproduces the mandatory footer at line 243. 5. The resulting user deliverable contains unsolicited OPC-AI and book attribution. No separate attacker interaction, code execution, network request, or elevated privilege is required. ### Impact Assessment The issue affects the integrity and authorship representation of generated content. Every deliverable produced from the template may include unsolicited third-party promotion, potentially misleading recipients about sponsorship, provenance, or authorship. The impact is limited to generated output in the current Skill session. The instruction does not provide filesystem privileges beyond the ...[truncated 151 chars]- Remediation
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