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Xxd Tool

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a local hex-dump helper with no network, credential, persistence, or hidden behavior, though its documentation overstates what the included script actually does.

This appears safe to install from a security perspective, but verify what command actually runs before relying on it. Treat it as a simple local hex viewer unless you separately confirm the advertised reverse, patch, JSON, and bit-dump features, and only patch copies of important binaries.

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
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly advertises binary patching and describes it as in-place byte modification, but provides no safety warning about irreversible file changes, corruption risk, or the need to operate on backups. In a binary analysis/reverse-engineering context, users may apply patches to firmware, executables, or configuration blobs, and an unsafe default workflow can easily damage critical artifacts or produce unbootable binaries.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.