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Security audit

Writer

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This Writer helper needs review because its setup automatically executes an unverified installer and its CLI can change agent skills beyond this integration.

Review and approve CLI installation separately, using a verified release instead of automatically executing the download. Check the CLI's automatic skill synchronization before use, and understand that Writer prompts pass through OOMOL. The remote installers and hosted connector implementation were unavailable for inspection; no malicious behavior was established.

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 command performs no visible Writer search or read operation. Instead, it executes an external installer from an Oomol domain. The provided code does not establish this installation as a supporting implementation detail for Writer access. The downloaded script is not supplied, so its specific effects cannot be determined.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Script Fetching

High
Category
Supply Chain
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

Piping an HTTPS response directly into bash executes mutable remote code without inspecting it or verifying a pinned artifact. Compromise of the distribution endpoint or installer supply chain could execute attacker-controlled commands with the invoking user's permissions, potentially exposing local files and credentials; the PowerShell example has the same underlying risk.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 56)May include surrounding context.

The fallback setup instructs the agent to execute a downloaded installer without warning the user about system changes or remote-code execution.

Medium
Category
Output Handling
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

The missing-command fallback directs installation without requiring user approval or explaining that downloaded code will execute and may modify the local system. Restricting this fallback to a missing CLI reduces exposure, but a request to access Writer does not necessarily authorize software installation; the approval rules for Writer writes do not cover this local change.

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 77)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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