File Compression

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This appears to be a legitimate file-compression skill with disclosed dependency setup and no evidence of hidden data access, persistence, exfiltration, or destructive behavior.

Install only if you are comfortable with a skill that may run local compression scripts and may need Ghostscript or Python/Node dependencies. Review any sudo or package-manager command before approving it, and prefer using current patched dependency versions when processing files from untrusted sources.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Tool MisuseTool Parameter Abuse, Chaining Abuse, Unsafe Defaults
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Findings (7)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly instructs the agent to execute shell commands such as Python, Node, pip, npm, and Ghostscript operations, yet it declares no permissions for shell/code execution. This creates a permission-model mismatch that can cause the skill to run with capabilities that are not transparently declared or reviewed, increasing the risk of unintended command execution and supply-chain exposure from package installation steps.

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium
Category
Privilege Escalation
Content
Ghostscript install examples:

- macOS: `brew install ghostscript`
- Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ghostscript`

Safety note:
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding
sudo

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium
Category
Privilege Escalation
Content
Ghostscript install examples:

- macOS: `brew install ghostscript`
- Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ghostscript`

Safety note:
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding
sudo

Unpinned Dependencies

Low
Category
Supply Chain
Content
pikepdf>=8.15.0
pillow>=10.0.0
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
pikepdf>=8.15.0

Unpinned Dependencies

Low
Category
Supply Chain
Content
pikepdf>=8.15.0
pillow>=10.0.0
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
pillow>=10.0.0

Known Vulnerable Dependency: pillow — 10 advisory(ies): CVE-2016-2533 (Pillow buffer overflow in ImagingPcdDecode); CVE-2023-50447 (Arbitrary Code Execution in Pillow); CVE-2021-27922 (Pillow Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) +7 more

Critical
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
pillow

Chaining Abuse

High
Category
Tool Misuse
Content
Ghostscript install examples:

- macOS: `brew install ghostscript`
- Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ghostscript`

Safety note:
Confidence
81% confidence
Finding
&& sudo

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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