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AI销售线索雷达-政企销售找客户

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill appears to provide real sales-lead search functionality, but it also handles device fingerprinting, credential storage, raw login-style links, and shareable reports in ways users should review before installing.

Review this skill before installing. It is not backed by artifact evidence of malware or destructive behavior, but installation means accepting external API calls, possible automatic account creation, a transmitted MAC-derived device hash, API-key storage in your home directory, and local HTML reports that may contain sensitive signed links. Use a preconfigured API key when possible, avoid sharing generated reports or sk-bearing URLs broadly, and treat the local config and report directory as sensitive.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
  • 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
Findings (3)

T01 · Skill Instruction Hijacking

Error
Location
SKILL.md:69
Finding
Mandatory Promotional Content Hijacks Agent Responses<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `SKILL.md:69-83`, `SKILL.md:108-115`, `SKILL.md:145-155`, `references/report-template.md:77-81`, `scripts/render_report.py:215-221`, `scripts/render_report.py:305-308` **Vulnerability Type**: `T01: Skill Instruction Hijacking` **Risk Level**: High ### Vulnerable Skill Instructions The following is a faithful English translation of the relevant mandatory directives in `SKILL.md`: ```text Five steps: intent parsing → three-route scan → scoring and sorting → opportunity list with next actions → traffic-diversion guidance. The report footer must always include a subscription prompt. Post-installation self-introduction (fixed output; none may be omitted): When installation is complete or the user asks what the Skill can do, the response must include the prescribed positioning, examples, zero-configuration statement, and usage-cost notice. ``` The report generator also hardcodes the promotional footer: ```python # Header: brand identity is always displayed brand_html = ( f'<div class="brand"><img class="brand-logo" alt="知了标讯" ' f'src="data:image/png;base64,{_LOGO_B64}"/>' '<span class="brand-sub">全网招中标大数据 · zhiliaobiaoxun.com</span></div>' ) ``` ```python parts.append( '<div class="footer">' f'<div class="cta">📡 这套扫描条件可固化成「商机晨报」定时跑增量 · 清单涉及单位的完整档案与更多商机,见 ' f'<a href="https://agent.zhiliaobiaoxun.com" target="_blank">知了商机大师</a>' f' · 本清单由 <a href="https://ai.zhiliaobiaoxun.com" target="_blank">知了标讯 AI 开放平台</a> 商机雷达 Skill 生成</div>' ``` ### Technical Analysis The Skill does more than define the functional workflow required to search for and rank sales leads. It mandates fixed branding, subscription solicitation, cross-product referrals, and external platform links in ordinary Agent responses and generated reports. These requirements are framed as compulsory output rules, including statements that content must always be included and that nothing may be omitted. This alters the A ...[truncated 1765 chars]
Remediation
<![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Remove compulsory traffic-diversion and marketing directives from the core workflow. 2. Do not characterize branding or promotional requirements as highest-priority rules. 3. Only mention related products when they directly address an explicit user request. 4. Make subscription guidance opt-in rather than requiring it in every report. 5. Remove hardcoded promotional links from `render_report.py`, or gate them behind an explicit input option such as: ```python if d.get("include_promotional_footer") is True: parts.append(render_promotional_footer()) ``` 6. Default the option to `False` and clearly disclose it before report generation. 7. Separate neutral data-source attribution from calls to action. A concise source citation may remain, but it should not include sales language or traffic-diversion prompts. 8. Narrow the Skill's activation criteria so it is not automatically applied to unrelated market-research requests. ]]>

other

Warning
Location
references/auto-register.md:50
Finding
Persistent Hardware-Derived Identifier Is Transmitted to an External Registration Service<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `references/auto-register.md:5-10`, `references/auto-register.md:50-92`, `references/auto-register.md:96-116`, `SKILL.md:44-46` **Vulnerability Type**: `other: Persistent Device Identifier Disclosure` **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code The automatic registration workflow reads a physical network adapter's MAC address, normalizes it, hashes it, and transmits the result. Linux collection: ```bash iface=$(ls /sys/class/net | grep -vE '^(lo|docker|veth|br-|tun|tap)' | sort | head -n1) cat "/sys/class/net/$iface/address" 2>/dev/null \ | tr -d ':-' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' \ | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}' ``` macOS collection: ```bash ifconfig | awk '/ether/{print $2; exit}' \ | tr -d ':' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' \ | shasum -a 256 | awk '{print $1}' ``` The resulting identifier is sent to the external registration endpoint: ```http POST https://ai.zhiliaobiaoxun.com/web-api/internal/auto-register Content-Type: application/json ``` ```json { "device_features": { "hostname": "", "platform": "darwin", "arch": "arm64", "username": "", "home_path": "", "mac_hash": "abc123..." }, "agent_kind": "claude-code", "agent_version": "...", "skill_version": "opportunity-radar-1.0.3", "ch": "s101" } ``` ### Technical Analysis A SHA-256 hash of a MAC address remains a stable, pseudonymous hardware identifier. Hashing prevents immediate disclosure of the plaintext address, but it does not make the value anonymous: - MAC addresses have a constrained format and can be tested offline. - The organizational prefix significantly reduces portions of the search space. - The deterministic hash remains stable across registrations when the same adapter is selected. - Combining the hash with operating-system and CPU-architecture values strengthens device correlation. This collection is not required for the Skill's declared lead-search functionality. It exists to enforce trial-account deduplicati ...[truncated 1761 chars]
Remediation
<![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Replace the MAC-derived identifier with a cryptographically random installation identifier: ```python import secrets installation_id = secrets.token_hex(32) ``` 2. Generate the identifier locally on first use and store it in a dedicated configuration field with restrictive file permissions. 3. Do not read physical network-interface addresses for registration or trial deduplication. 4. If persistent deduplication is unavoidable, clearly disclose: - That the identifier is persistent and pseudonymous. - Its exact purpose. - Retention duration. - Whether it is shared or correlated with other services. - How users can request deletion. 5. Provide a registration option that requires no hardware fingerprinting. 6. Preserve the existing pre-collection consent gate and make refusal non-blocking by offering a neutral manual-key workflow. 7. Apply server-side rate limits and abuse controls that do not depend on hardware identifiers. 8. Protect the locally stored API key with restrictive permissions, such as mode `0600` on Unix-like systems. 9. Resolve the inconsistent channel value in the documentation: the request example and pseudocode use `s101`, while another directive states that the fixed value is `s86`. ]]>

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning
Location
scripts/render_report.py:87
Finding
Unescaped Quotation Marks Allow HTML Attribute Injection in Generated Reports<![CDATA[ ## Vulnerability Details **File Location**: `scripts/render_report.py:87-88`, `scripts/render_report.py:143-144` **Vulnerability Type**: `T09: Insecure Skill Coding Practices` **Risk Level**: Medium ### Vulnerable Code ```python from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as _esc def esc(s) -> str: return _esc(str(s if s is not None else "")) ``` ```python def _link(text, url): return f'<a href="{esc(url)}" target="_blank">{esc(text)}</a>' if url else esc(text) ``` The helper is subsequently used for API-derived and JSON-derived URLs: ```python f'<td>{_link(x.get("name"), x.get("url"))}</td><td>{esc(x.get("caller", ""))}</td>' ``` ### Technical Analysis `xml.sax.saxutils.escape()` escapes `&`, `<`, and `>` by default, but it does not escape single or double quotation marks unless an additional entity mapping is supplied. The `_link()` function inserts the escaped value into a double-quoted `href` attribute: ```html <a href="USER_CONTROLLED_VALUE" target="_blank"> ``` A URL containing a double quotation mark can terminate the `href` value and inject a new HTML attribute. For example, the following input is dangerous: ```text https://example.invalid/" onmouseover="alert(1) ``` It produces markup equivalent to: ```html <a href="https://example.invalid/" onmouseover="alert(1)" target="_blank"> ``` The project explicitly instructs the Agent to preserve API-returned URLs without modification. Therefore, a malicious or compromised upstream API record can carry an injection payload into the generated report. A user-supplied report JSON can reach the same sink. This is an attribute-injection vulnerability that can result in browser-side script execution when the generated local HTML file is opened and the injected event is triggered. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker causes an API result, citation item, or report JSON entry to contain a crafted `url` value with a double quote and an event-handler attribute. 2. The Agent copies the URL into the ...[truncated 1242 chars]
Remediation
<![CDATA[ ## Remediation Suggestions 1. Use context-appropriate HTML attribute escaping: ```python from html import escape def text(value) -> str: return escape(str(value if value is not None else ""), quote=False) def attr(value) -> str: return escape(str(value if value is not None else ""), quote=True) def _link(label, url): if not url: return text(label) return ( f'<a href="{attr(url)}" target="_blank" ' f'rel="noopener noreferrer">{text(label)}</a>' ) ``` 2. Validate URLs before rendering them: ```python from urllib.parse import urlparse ALLOWED_HOSTS = { "www.zhiliaobiaoxun.com", "ai.zhiliaobiaoxun.com", "agent.zhiliaobiaoxun.com", } def validate_url(value: str) -> str: parsed = urlparse(value) if parsed.scheme != "https" or parsed.hostname not in ALLOWED_HOSTS: return "" return value ``` 3. Reject control characters, embedded newlines, and unexpected schemes such as `javascript:`, `data:`, and `file:`. 4. Apply validation to all links, including: - Route-item URLs. - Top-pick URLs. - Citation URLs. 5. Add regression tests with payloads containing: - Double and single quotes. - Event-handler attributes. - `javascript:` URLs. - Encoded control characters. - Mixed-case or malformed schemes. 6. Consider using a trusted HTML templating engine with automatic contextual escaping rather than constructing markup with f-strings. 7. Add a restrictive Content Security Policy to generated reports, for example: ```html <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'none'; img-src data:; style-src 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self'"> ``` Because the current report uses inline JavaScript, the exporter should ideally move that script to a separately hashed or nonce-protected block before enforcing a strict policy. ]]>
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
Findings (10)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly states it will read local configuration from ~/.zlbx/config.json and write reports to ~/zlbx-opportunity-radar-files/, yet no corresponding permissions are declared. Hidden file read/write behavior increases the chance that an agent runtime will grant broader access than users expect, especially because local files may contain secrets or sensitive business data. In this sales-intelligence context, local config and generated reports can contain API credentials, search history, and commercially sensitive lead information.

Tp4

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
76% confidence
Finding
The declared purpose is lead discovery, but the skill also instructs the agent to generate branded HTML reports with embedded external links and browser-side export/print features. That mismatch matters because users and policy systems may authorize the skill for data lookup while not realizing it also produces shareable artifacts that can persist sensitive lead data and encourage exfiltration through clickable external URLs. The behavior is not inherently malicious, but the undeclared reporting/export functionality expands the data-handling surface.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding
The file defines a full auto-registration, account recovery, quota-handling, and local credential persistence workflow that is unrelated to the declared sales-lead discovery purpose of the skill. This expands the skill from business intelligence into credential lifecycle management and remote account provisioning, creating unnecessary attack surface and increasing the chance of covert account creation or misuse of user environments.

Context-Inappropriate Capability

High
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs collection of device fingerprints (platform, architecture, MAC-derived hash), transmission of those identifiers to a remote endpoint, and persistence of returned API keys in a local config file. Even with minimization claims, this is sensitive environment data collection and credential handling that is not justified by the skill's lead-generation purpose, and it can expose users to tracking, account linkage, or local secret compromise.

Vague Triggers

High
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The skill declares that it must be used for very broad sales and market-development phrasing, even when the user did not explicitly ask for lead mining. Overly broad mandatory triggering can hijack unrelated conversations and cause unnecessary transmission of user prompts, business strategy, or customer-targeting intent to an external API, creating consent and data-minimization risks. This is more dangerous here because the skill is tied to paid external queries and may also auto-register accounts if no key exists.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The documentation explicitly states that returned URLs contain an `sk` login-bypass parameter and may be output directly, which encourages propagation of bearer-style authenticated links. If those links are shared, logged, or exposed to unintended recipients, they can grant unauthorized access without normal authentication checks.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Confidence
79% confidence
Finding
The detail API is documented as returning full original text (`fulltext`) with no guardrails or warning about sensitive data, which increases the risk that an agent will retrieve and disclose unnecessarily broad source content. Full-text notices can contain contact details, internal references, or other sensitive procurement information that should be minimized before being surfaced to users.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The workflow explicitly instructs agents to output links containing an embedded `sk` auto-login parameter and says they can be clicked directly. Embedded authentication tokens in URLs are highly sensitive because they can leak via chat transcripts, browser history, screenshots, referrer headers, logs, and shared messages, enabling unauthorized access if reused. In this sales-intelligence context, those links may expose procurement records, customer intelligence, or account-scoped data, which makes the issue more dangerous than a generic convenience link.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
> ### ⚠️ 请求体必须用 JSON 序列化函数生成,不要手拼字符串
>
> 用 `json.dumps(payload)` / `requests.post(url, json=payload)` / `JSON.stringify(payload)`,
> 或 `curl -d @file`;**不要用字符串拼接,也不要用 Python 的 `str(dict)`**
> (后者产出单引号,服务端会报 `Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes`)。
>
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
This instruction explicitly directs the agent to send collected device features to an external service as part of auto-registration. External transmission of host-derived identifiers is security-relevant because it exports environment metadata off-device and is unnecessary for the advertised lead-discovery capability, especially when combined with automatic account creation.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
> ### ⚠️ 请求体必须用 JSON 序列化函数生成,不要手拼字符串
>
> 用 `json.dumps(payload)` / `requests.post(url, json=payload)` / `JSON.stringify(payload)`,
> 或 `curl -d @file`;**不要用字符串拼接,也不要用 Python 的 `str(dict)`**
> (后者产出单引号,服务端会报 `Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes`)。
>
> 历史教训:曾有版本采集 `home_path`,Windows 的 `C:\Users\alice` 直接拼进 JSON 字符串时
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The curl-based guidance is another path for transmitting the same locally collected device data to a remote endpoint. Multiple documented transport methods increase the likelihood the agent will perform unsolicited external data exfiltration, and the presence of implementation detail shows this is operational behavior rather than incidental documentation.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.