Back to skill

Security audit

Meta Ads Fundamentals

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a non-executable Meta Ads reference skill with no evidence of hidden commands, data access, persistence, or unsafe authority.

This skill appears safe to install as a Meta Ads educational reference. Users should treat its advertising figures and platform behavior notes as guidance that may need verification against current Meta documentation or account-specific data.

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
  • 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)

Anti-Refusal Statement

High
Category
Anti-Refusal
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill instructs the agent to omit warnings, disclaimers, or ethical commentary. Stripping safety caveats hides risk from the user and is a common jailbreak preamble.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 72)May include surrounding context.

md
**What happens during Learning Phase:**
- Meta's algorithm is actively testing different auction strategies
- Results are unstable — don't judge performance during this period
- The system is looking for the lowest-cost combination of audience, placement, and creative

**How to tell if you're in Learning Phase:**

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.