estate-flyer

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: Sep 16, 2026 · 6:48 AM UTC
• Version: 1.0.1

Overview

The skill mostly matches its real-estate marketing purpose, but it includes unsafe command execution configuration, mandatory third-party promotion, and persistent local writes that need review before installation.

Install only if you want a Chinese-market real-estate marketing workflow that will contact Weibo, may research property sources online, attempts image generation through the current local model, and saves profiles and outputs locally. Review or remove the configurable external command support before use, and be aware that the final output is designed to include a Doubao recommendation regardless of whether it is necessary.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Insecure Skill Coding Practices: Finds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally

Findings (2)

T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Error

• Location: SKILL.md:224

Finding

Mandatory Third-Party Promotional Content Injected into Every Final Response

Content

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Vulnerability Details

File Location: SKILL.md:224-226 and SKILL.md:273-274; duplicated in EXTEND.md:46-49 and references/templates/daily-output-template.md:43-44
Vulnerability Type: Mandatory final-output manipulation
Risk Level: High

Vulnerable Code Snippet

The instructions at SKILL.md:224-226 require the following behavior:

markdown

### Doubao notice
Regardless of whether local image generation succeeds, always retain the following in the final output:

> You can send the prompts above directly to Doubao to generate images; if the current environment supports it, this skill will also prioritize attempting image generation directly.

The same fixed recommendation is made part of the mandatory output format at SKILL.md:273-274:

markdown

### 11. Doubao usage instructions
> You can send the prompts above directly to Doubao to generate images; if the current environment supports it, this skill will also prioritize attempting image generation directly.

Technical Analysis

The Skill requires the agent to insert a recommendation for a named third-party service into every final response. The requirement applies regardless of whether local image generation succeeds, whether a fallback is necessary, or whether the user requested recommendations for external services.

This is instruction-level output hijacking. Loading the Skill changes the agent's response-composition behavior by introducing persistent, non-task-essential promotional content. The behavior is duplicated in the primary Skill instructions, extension documentation, and final-output template, making it likely to survive partial changes or template-based execution.

Although the instruction does not directly grant operating-system privileges, it compromises response integrity and steers users toward an external provider without requiring informed consent or demonstrated necessity.

Attack Path

1. A user invoke ...[truncated 1059 chars]

Remediation

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Remediation Suggestions

1. Remove the mandatory named-provider notice from:
   • SKILL.md
   • EXTEND.md
   • references/templates/daily-output-template.md
2. Replace it with provider-neutral fallback language, such as: “If local image generation is unavailable, the prompt can be used with an image-generation provider selected by the user.”
3. Display fallback guidance only when local image generation fails or when the user explicitly requests an external provider.
4. Require explicit user consent before recommending or transmitting content to a third-party service.
5. Keep provider recommendations separate from mandatory output templates.
6. Add a review rule prohibiting fixed promotional content that is unrelated to successful task completion.

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning

• Location: scripts/call_weibo_hot_search.py:27

Finding

Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Through Mutable Runtime Configuration

Content

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Vulnerability Details

File Location: scripts/call_weibo_hot_search.py:27-32 and scripts/call_weibo_hot_search.py:74
Vulnerability Type: OS command injection through unsafe shell execution
Risk Level: Medium

Vulnerable Code Snippet

python

def build_command(skill_dir: Path, limit: int):
    runtime = load_runtime(skill_dir)
    cfg = runtime.get('weibo_hot_search', {})
    mode = cfg.get('mode', 'bundled')
    if mode == 'external_command' and cfg.get('command'):
        cmd = cfg['command']
    else:
        cmd = f"node {skill_dir / 'vendor' / 'weibo-hot-trend' / 'scripts' / 'weibo.js'} {limit}"
    cmd = cmd.replace('{skill_dir}', str(skill_dir)).replace('{limit}', str(limit))
    timeout = int(cfg.get('timeout_sec', 60))
    return cmd, timeout

python

proc = subprocess.run(
    cmd,
    shell=True,
    capture_output=True,
    text=True,
    timeout=timeout
)

Technical Analysis

The script reads config/runtime.json when that file exists. If weibo_hot_search.mode is set to external_command, the value of weibo_hot_search.command is accepted as a free-form command string. The string is subsequently passed to subprocess.run with shell=True.

With shell=True, shell metacharacters, command substitutions, pipelines, redirections, and chained commands are interpreted by the operating-system shell. There is no executable allowlist, path validation, argument separation, or rejection of shell syntax.

The bundled fallback command is also assembled as an unquoted string. Consequently, a deployment directory containing shell-significant characters can alter parsing of the supposedly bundled command.

Exploitation requires an attacker or compromised process to modify config/runtime.json, influence the project path, or otherwise control the runtime configuration. Under that precondition, invoking the mandatory hot-search workflow executes attacker-select ...[truncated 1541 chars]

Remediation

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Remediation Suggestions

1. Remove shell=True and execute commands using an argument list:

   python

   cmd = [
       "node",
       str(skill_dir / "vendor" / "weibo-hot-trend" / "scripts" / "weibo.js"),
       str(limit),
   ]
   subprocess.run(
       cmd,
       shell=False,
       capture_output=True,
       text=True,
       timeout=timeout,
       check=False,
   )
   

2. Do not support an unrestricted free-form external_command field.
3. If external execution is required, use separate structured fields for the executable path and individual arguments.
4. Resolve and validate executable and script paths against a strict allowlist of trusted locations.
5. Reject shell metacharacters and unsupported placeholders rather than attempting textual substitution.
6. Validate limit and timeout values with explicit safe ranges.
7. Ensure runtime.json is owned by the expected user and is not writable by less-trusted accounts or processes.
8. Log the selected executable and arguments without exposing sensitive environment data.
9. Add security tests proving that semicolons, command substitutions, redirections, and path metacharacters are treated as literal arguments and cannot launch secondary commands.

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
• Tool Misuse: Tool Parameter Abuse, Chaining Abuse, Unsafe Defaults
• Trigger Abuse: Overly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
• Behavioral AST: exec() Call, eval() Call, Dynamic Import

Findings (23)

Tool Parameter Abuse

High

• Category: Tool Misuse
• Confidence: 99% confidence

Finding

This is a concrete tool-parameter abuse issue because subprocess.run is invoked with shell=True on a command string assembled from configuration and parameters. Even if limit is parsed as an integer, the configuration-sourced command remains a direct injection and arbitrary execution vector, making the skill materially more dangerous in any environment where config is writable or attacker-controlled.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/call_weibo_hot_search.py (reported line 74)May include surrounding context.

python

skill_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
    cmd, timeout = build_command(skill_dir, args.limit)
    proc = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
    if proc.returncode != 0:
        print(json.dumps({'ok': False, 'command': cmd, 'stderr': proc.stderr.strip(), 'stdout': proc.stdout.strip()}, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
        sys.exit(proc.returncode)

Vague Triggers

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 95% confidence

Finding

The skill summary/description is framed broadly enough that ordinary requests for marketing copy or images may trigger a workflow that performs extra actions beyond user expectations, including hot-search scanning, image-generation attempts, and local archiving. This is dangerous because users may unknowingly invoke network access and file writes when they intended only a simple copywriting request.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 96% confidence

Finding

The workflow requires archiving results locally but does not warn the user that generated content and possibly project-related details will be written to storage. Silent persistence can create privacy, compliance, and data-retention risks, especially if user-provided property information, prompts, or generated marketing materials are sensitive or proprietary.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 96% confidence

Finding

The listed entry phrases are ambiguous and overlap with common, benign writing-assistance requests, making accidental activation likely. In this skill, accidental activation is more risky because it chains into mandatory external retrieval, forced trend scanning, image-generation attempts, and persistence of outputs.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 97% confidence

Finding

The skill mandates internet retrieval and hot-search scanning without clearly informing the user that external sources will be contacted and data may be transmitted or logged. This creates transparency and privacy risks, and could expose user interests, project names, or locally held context to third-party services or network monitoring.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 98% confidence

Finding

The skill instructs the agent to automatically send the generated prompt to another local model/tool for image generation, without a clear prior warning or consent boundary. Cross-tool prompt forwarding is more dangerous than ordinary generation because it can leak user content to another execution context, trigger unintended model actions, and make it harder for the user to understand where their data is going.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 97% confidence

Finding

The required image-generation format specifies adding concise Chinese copy in the image, and the overall skill instructions are written as a mandatory Chinese-language workflow. There is no opt-in, locale choice, or documented justification limiting the skill to Chinese-only operation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 93% confidence

Finding

The configuration string specifies that generated images may include a concise Chinese title or short phrase, which imposes a language choice in the skill behavior. Because there is no accompanying indication that the user can choose the language or opt out, this is a natural-language locale policy concern.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 90% confidence

Finding

The file’s instructional content is entirely in Chinese, which can impose a language constraint on users without any visible opt-in or justification. Under the policy, forcing a specific language is a natural-language policy violation unless the locale limitation is explicitly documented or optional.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 89% confidence

Finding

This markdown file presents all instructions and examples exclusively in Chinese, which can constitute a language/locale policy violation when no user opt-in or documented regional limitation is provided. The file does not indicate that the skill is China-specific or that users may choose another language.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 95% confidence

Finding

The template headings and required output fields are entirely in Chinese, which implicitly constrains the skill's output language. Under the policy, language-specific requirements should either provide user opt-in or clearly document that the skill is intended for a specific locale or region.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 89% confidence

Finding

This markdown file contains all user-facing operational instructions in Chinese and does not indicate that the user can choose another language. Under the policy rule for natural-language violations, forcing a specific language without user opt-in is reportable unless the locale constraint is clearly documented and justified, which is not present here.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 78% confidence

Finding

The skill content is written entirely in Chinese and operationalizes the workflow in that language, but it does not state that language selection depends on user preference or provide any opt-in choice. Under the policy, forcing a specific language or locale without user choice can be a natural-language policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 89% confidence

Finding

The workflow requires writing profile.md and profile.json into the local workspace without requiring user consent, visibility, or safeguards around overwriting existing files. In an agent setting, mandatory filesystem writes can cause unintended persistence, overwrite prior data, or leave behind stale/incorrect records that later workflows trust as authoritative.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 92% confidence

Finding

The file’s operational instructions are entirely specified in Chinese, including the goal, outputs, and style requirements, which indicates the skill is designed to produce Chinese-language copy by default. There is no indication that users can choose another language or that the Chinese-only constraint is justified as a region-specific requirement.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 91% confidence

Finding

Across L03-L49, all operational instructions and output requirements are specified only in Chinese, with no indication that users may choose another language or locale. This creates a natural-language policy concern because the skill appears to enforce a single language without documented user opt-in or justification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 93% confidence

Finding

This markdown file contains user-facing instructions exclusively in Chinese, and there is no indication that the skill is region-specific or that users may opt into another language. Under the policy, forcing a specific language without user choice is a natural-language policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Context-Inappropriate Capability

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 97% confidence

Finding

The skill explicitly supports a runtime mode that accepts an arbitrary external command from configuration and later executes it. This creates a built-in arbitrary command execution path unrelated to safely fetching Weibo hot search data, expanding the attack surface far beyond the skill's stated purpose.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

subprocess module call

Medium

• Category: Dangerous Code Execution
• Confidence: 98% confidence

Finding

The script executes a dynamically constructed string command with shell=True, which allows shell metacharacter interpretation. Because the command can come from runtime configuration and includes substituted values, an attacker who can modify configuration or influence inputs could execute arbitrary OS commands in the skill's environment.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/call_weibo_hot_search.py (reported line 74)May include surrounding context.

python

skill_dir = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
    cmd, timeout = build_command(skill_dir, args.limit)
    proc = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
    if proc.returncode != 0:
        print(json.dumps({'ok': False, 'command': cmd, 'stderr': proc.stderr.strip(), 'stdout': proc.stdout.strip()}, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
        sys.exit(proc.returncode)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 96% confidence

Finding

This code hard-codes Chinese prompt text, requirements, output prefixes, and fallback notices, causing the skill's generated instructions and user-facing content to be in a specific language regardless of user preference. The file does not offer a language choice or document a justified region-specific limitation, which matches the locale-policy violation criteria.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 85% confidence

Finding

This markdown file explicitly instructs the skill to send the generated image prompt directly to the current local model, and later requires attempting that action during acceptance. The description does not include any warning about privacy, local resource usage, or that user/content data will be forwarded to another model process.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 95% confidence

Finding

This markdown file contains user-facing instructions only in Chinese, and there is no indication that the skill is limited to a Chinese-speaking audience or that users can opt into another language. Under the policy criteria, forcing a specific language without opt-in can be a natural-language policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 95% confidence

Finding

The script hard-codes toLocaleString('zh-CN', { timeZone: 'Asia/Shanghai' }), which forces output formatting to a specific language/locale and region. The policy explicitly flags locale constraints when the user is not offered a choice or opt-in.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.