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Security audit

Ad Spy Pipeline

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a clearly described ad-automation workflow, but users should understand it uses third-party ad and AI services and can create paused Facebook ad campaigns on a schedule.

Before installing, confirm you are comfortable uploading competitor/source creatives to Kie.ai and allowing Facebook Marketing API campaign creation. Use restricted API credentials, keep created ads paused by default, review generated campaigns before activation, and only enable the cron job once limits and account permissions are clear.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 33)May include surrounding context.

md
- ForePlay API key OR Anstrex account
- Kie.ai API key (image generation)
- Facebook Marketing API access token
- Facebook Ad Account ID

## Cron Schedule

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill describes an automated pipeline that ingests competitor ad creatives, sends them to a third-party AI service for transformation, and then creates Facebook campaigns on a schedule, but it does not prominently warn about these external data transfers and automated downstream actions. This omission increases the chance that a user will authorize sensitive marketing assets, competitive intelligence, or ad account actions without informed consent or appropriate review.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.