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Epstein Files Search

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward command-line search wrapper for a public Epstein document index, with expected external queries and no persistence or local data access found.

Install only if you are comfortable with your search terms being sent to the DugganUSA analytics API. The reviewed artifact does not show local data collection, credential use, persistence, or destructive actions, but it depends on a third-party search endpoint for results.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (17)

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Ae1

High
Category
analysis-evasion
Content
node scripts/epstein.mjs search --query "Ghislaine Maxwell" --limit 10
Confidence
100% confidence
Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly requires network-capable binaries (`node`, `curl`) and is designed to query external DOJ/DugganUSA endpoints, but it does not declare any tool scope such as `permissions` or `allowed-tools`. This creates a mismatch between documented behavior and enforcement, increasing the risk that an agent runtime will grant broader-than-necessary network or execution access without clear user-visible constraints.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
*   node scripts/epstein.mjs stats
 */

const API_BASE = 'https://analytics.dugganusa.com/api/v1';
const TIMEOUT = 15_000;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.