zotero-write

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does what it says: it edits a local Zotero database, with disclosed backup guidance and no evidence of hidden network, credential, or persistence behavior.

Install only if you want a local tool that directly edits your Zotero SQLite database. Confirm the database path, close Zotero first, keep the backup requirement, and test on a copy before using it on an important library.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
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

Findings (2)

Lp3

Medium

Category: MCP Least Privilege
Confidence: 92% confidence
Finding: The skill clearly performs file/database write operations against a local Zotero SQLite file, but the manifest declares no required permissions or equivalent guardrails. That mismatch can cause the agent platform to under-classify the skill's risk and invoke a database-modifying capability without explicit user/admin acknowledgement.

Vague Triggers

Medium

Confidence: 88% confidence
Finding: The activation text is broad enough to trigger on many natural-language requests related to Zotero organization or editing, increasing the chance the skill runs in situations where the user did not intend direct database writes. Because this skill modifies a live SQLite database, accidental invocation can lead to unintended metadata changes, note insertion, or item creation.

VirusTotal

67/67 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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