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Sudo Tool

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill openly gives an agent sudo-level command execution, but it lacks guardrails for such powerful system changes.

Install only if you intentionally want an agent to assist with sudo-level system administration. Use it in a contained or non-production environment, require explicit approval for every privileged command, and avoid using it on machines with sensitive data unless you have strong operational controls.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
This skill explicitly enables execution of commands with superuser privileges but does not include a clear warning about the risks of privilege escalation, destructive system changes, or the need to validate commands before execution. In an agent setting, missing safety guidance increases the chance that a user or downstream system will invoke dangerous root-level operations without adequate scrutiny.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.