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HotspotSystem

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is mostly a coherent HotspotSystem read-only connector, but its first-time setup tells users or agents to execute mutable remote installer scripts directly in a shell.

Install only if you trust OOMOL and HotspotSystem access through this connector, and do not let an agent run the remote installer commands automatically. Prefer installing the oo CLI from a verified release or package source, review what it changes, then connect only the HotspotSystem account and scopes you intend the agent to read.

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:61
Finding

Unverified Remote Installer Downloaded and Executed Directly

Content
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Remediation
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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 users to install software by piping a remote script directly into a shell, which creates a supply-chain and remote-code-execution risk. If the install endpoint, transport, upstream distribution, or hosting account is compromised, arbitrary code would run immediately on the user's machine with the user's privileges.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 61)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 HotspotSystem request" and "Whenever a task involves HotspotSystem," which is an expansive activation condition that can overlap with many routine mentions of the product. It does not provide narrower trigger boundaries, exclusions, or negative examples to clarify when the skill should not activate.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.