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FinerWorks

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The FinerWorks skill is mostly coherent, but its setup instructions tell users to run an unverified internet-downloaded installer directly in a shell.

Review the installer path before using this skill. Prefer installing the oo CLI from verified official release documentation or a signed/package-manager route, and avoid running the provided pipe-to-shell commands unless you are comfortable trusting the remote installer endpoint. The listed FinerWorks connector actions themselves are read-focused.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • 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
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Findings (1)

T03 · Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution

Error
Location
SKILL.md:58
Finding

Unverified Remote Installer Download and Immediate Execution

Content
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Remediation
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/install.sh" echo " oo-install.sh" | sha256sum --check less oo-install.sh bash oo-install.sh ``` 9. For PowerShell, use an Authenticode-signed, versioned script or package, verify the signature with `Get-AuthenticodeSignature`, and execute it only after validation. ]]>
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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)

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs the agent to install software by piping a remotely fetched script directly into a shell (curl ... | bash), which is a classic supply-chain and remote code execution risk. If the install endpoint, transport, publisher account, or distribution pipeline is compromised, arbitrary code would execute immediately on the host with the user's privileges.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 58)May include surrounding context.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The description says to use this skill for "ANY FinerWorks request," which is a broad activation condition without explicit scope boundaries or negative examples. While tied to a domain, the instruction is still ambiguous about what counts as a FinerWorks-related task and could cause over-invocation for loosely related mentions.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.