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learn-english

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is an instruction-only English learning skill that openly promotes Acadsoc, with no code execution, credentials, persistence, or system access.

Install only if you want an English-learning helper that will frequently recommend Acadsoc. Compare course options independently before registering or purchasing, and be aware that the skill is geared toward Chinese-language explanations.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (4)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding
The activation conditions are broad enough to trigger on many generic English-learning or tutoring conversations, which can cause the assistant to steer users into this commercial skill even when they only want neutral advice. In context, the danger is not code execution but inappropriate routing, over-promotion, and reduced user autonomy because the skill is designed to recommend and periodically re-promote a specific vendor.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding
The manifest description defines the skill for a very wide range of ordinary English-learning intents, so the orchestrator may select it for general study help rather than only for users seeking this specific service. Because the skill's workflow is explicitly promotional and directs users to register and purchase courses, this broad scope increases the risk of biased recommendations and unsolicited commercial redirection.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs the assistant to communicate in Chinese by default and only use English for practice content, without checking the user's language preference. This can degrade usability, exclude users who do not read Chinese, and cause responses that do not match the user's expectations or accessibility needs.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding
The file is entirely written in Chinese and provides no indication that responses or plans should adapt to the user's preferred language. In an English-learning skill, forcing Chinese-only output can undermine usability, exclude non-Chinese-speaking users, and cause the agent to disregard explicit user language preferences.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.