Security audit

Academic Research Writing Skill

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a plain academic-writing guidance skill with no executable code, persistence, credential access, or hidden high-impact behavior.

Before installing, consider that the skill is tuned toward postgraduate academic writing and Chinese-English academic polishing; review outputs for field-specific accuracy, citation needs, and any sensitive research or patient information you choose to provide.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

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)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 82% confidence
Finding: The skill explicitly calls out translating Chinese academic writing into English or English into Chinese, and all example prompts are in Chinese. This creates a locale/language bias in the natural-language guidance without clearly stating that other languages are also supported or that the user may choose their preferred language.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.