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Thesis Introduction Writer

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a narrow Chinese thesis-introduction drafting helper with no executable code, persistence, credential access, or hidden data flow.

Install only if you want help drafting Chinese thesis introduction sections. Provide your topic, method, school format, and citation requirements, and verify any generated academic claims or citation placeholders before submitting work.

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
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (5)

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The manifest description specifies writing detailed Chinese introduction chapters or sections, but does not mention any option for users to request another language. Because this is natural-language behavior embedded in the skill definition, it can constitute a language-policy violation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The instruction says the skill should be used only to write the introduction part of a Chinese academic paper and that the default output is a polished Chinese section. This imposes a specific language behavior without indicating that the user may choose another language or explicitly opt in, which matches the locale/language policy concern.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The skill metadata and default prompt hard-code Chinese output without indicating that this is conditional on user preference. If invoked for users expecting another language, the system may produce unusable output, override user intent, or create confusion that degrades reliability and trust in the agent's behavior.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
86% confidence
Finding

The default invocation prompt is very broad and can trigger the skill whenever a user asks for thesis-writing help, without clearly limiting use to introduction-only tasks. This increases the chance of overbroad routing, causing the agent to apply the skill in unintended contexts and potentially generate inappropriate or misleading academic content outside its stated scope.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The guide explicitly instructs the skill to produce a full Chinese introduction format by default, which can override a user's preferred language if the system does not separately enforce user choice. This is not a code-execution or data-exfiltration issue, but it can cause unwanted behavior, reduce usability, and create prompt-level policy noncompliance when users request another language.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.