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Pubmed Edirect

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a transparent PubMed research helper, but it requires manually installing NCBI command-line tools that contact NCBI and write local result files.

Install this only if you are comfortable reviewing and running command-line tools. Download EDirect from the official NCBI source, avoid running as root, protect any API key or email saved in shell configuration, and run examples in a dedicated workspace because they contact NCBI and can create or overwrite local output files.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • 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
Findings (1)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The skill clearly instructs users to download and use EDirect tools that communicate with remote NCBI infrastructure, so network capability is present but not declared as a permission. This creates a transparency and policy gap: users or orchestrators may not realize the skill performs external network access and remote script retrieval, which increases supply-chain and data egress risk in an elevated-installation context.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.