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Security audit

Research Tools Skill

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a simple research-helper skill whose disclosed examples fit its purpose and do not show hidden or unsafe behavior.

Before installing, understand that using the examples may send search or fetch requests to external services and may run local commands if you ask the agent to do so. Review commands and URLs before execution, but no hidden install-time or persistent behavior was found.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • 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 (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly demonstrates external web requests and local code execution, but provides no warning that these actions may transmit user data to third parties, access untrusted remote content, or cause system-side effects. In an agent-skill context, such omissions can mislead users into invoking sensitive operations without understanding privacy, security, or execution risks.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The natural-language description and headings are primarily in Chinese, and the file does not indicate that language selection is optional or that the skill is intentionally limited to a Chinese-language audience. The policy for SQP-3 flags forced language or locale behavior when there is no opt-in or documented justification.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.