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hfpclawer-citation-audit

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is a coherent citation-auditing helper that clearly uses local files and external academic APIs for its stated purpose.

Before installing, be aware that auto mode may query Semantic Scholar or OpenAlex with citation titles, arXiv IDs, and author/year hints from your references. Use the local source mode for confidential bibliographies when possible, and review optional extras or MCP registration before enabling them.

A.I.G

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

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly supports fallback to Semantic Scholar and OpenAlex and batch auditing of reference lists, but the description does not clearly warn users that citation text from files may be transmitted to external services during verification. This can expose unpublished bibliographies, sensitive manuscript contents, or proprietary research topics to third-party APIs without informed user consent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Excessive Permissions

Low
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Skill requests more permissions than appear necessary for its stated functionality. Review if elevated access is justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

md
category: research
author: HFPClawer Maintainers
version: 1.2.2
permissions: [shell, file_read, file_write, network]
metadata:
  hermes:
    homepage: https://github.com/diamond2nv/hfpapers-crawler

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.