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Finxdata Simulated Trading

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a clearly disclosed client for FinXData simulated trading, with expected key use, network calls, and user-directed simulated account/order mutations.

Install only if you intend to let the agent manage FinXData simulated trading. Provide a dedicated FINXDATA_TRADING_KEY through the environment, do not paste it into chat, review order details before execution, and keep FINXDATA_BASE_URL unset unless you intentionally trust an alternate endpoint.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • 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
Findings (1)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The skill invokes a Python script that uses environment variables for authentication and makes outbound network requests to a trading API, but the skill file does not declare corresponding permissions. This creates a transparency and policy-enforcement gap: a host agent or reviewer may underestimate the skill’s ability to access secrets and perform external actions, which is especially sensitive in a trading context where network calls can create or modify simulated accounts and orders.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.