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Security audit

Attention

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The Attention integration is clearly scoped, but its setup instructions can execute unreviewed remote software without a clear approval step.

Review and approve the CLI installation separately, preferably using a reviewed fixed release. Check its agent-skill synchronization behavior before first use. Connect only the intended Attention account and understand that OOMOL brokers access to its data. The remote installers and connector implementation were not verified; no installer was executed. The artifacts support a setup-control concern, not a finding of malicious intent.

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
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • Output HandlingUnvalidated Output Injection, Cross-Context Output, Unbounded Output
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Findings (4)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The supplied chunk performs remote installation, not Attention data operations. Nothing in the provided code establishes that this installation supports the declared purpose, so it represents an undeclared capability and inconsistent resource access. The downloaded script's contents and further effects are not available for assessment.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

Piping a remote script directly into bash executes whatever the endpoint supplies without review, version pinning, or independent integrity verification. Compromise of the distribution endpoint could lead to arbitrary code execution and exposure of files or credentials accessible to the process; HTTPS alone does not protect against a compromised publisher.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 59)May include surrounding context.

The setup workflow executes a remotely downloaded installer without warning about running third-party code or modifying the local system.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The missing-CLI fallback directs the agent to download and immediately execute third-party installation code without explicitly obtaining approval for local system changes. Although installation is a legitimate prerequisite and only occurs on a matching failure, the workflow expands a service-data task into local code execution with the agent's permissions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 80)May include surrounding context.

md
- **`OOMOL_INSUFFICIENT_CREDIT`** — OOMOL billing stop. Recharge at `https://console.oomol.com/billing/token-recharge` before retrying.

- **HTTP 402 without `OOMOL_INSUFFICIENT_CREDIT`** — the third-party account itself has no active plan or credit. Report the provider error message as is; do not ask the user to recharge OOMOL.

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