Security audit
tripadvisor
Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk
Overview
This skill is a disclosed TripAdvisor lookup helper that requires user setup and appears read-only.
Before installing, verify the npm/GitHub package source, use a TripAdvisor Terra API key with appropriate limits, and remember that the MCP server will make network requests to TripAdvisor and may consume API quota. The reviewed skill text does not show write actions, destructive behavior, hidden persistence, or credential use outside its stated API purpose.
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
SkillSpector
By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
- 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
- Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
VirusTotal
64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.
Static analysis
No suspicious patterns detected.