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Security audit

Baidu Hot

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill fetches Baidu hot-search data with a simple disclosed curl request and does not show credential access, persistence, destructive behavior, or hidden execution.

Install only if you are comfortable with the skill contacting Baidu when invoked. Prefer explicit invocations like baidu-hot or 百度热搜榜 to avoid accidental activation from broad words such as 百度 or 热搜.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
Findings (3)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes very broad terms such as "百度" and "热搜", which are common in normal conversation and can cause the skill to activate unintentionally. This increases the chance of surprise execution and unintended live network access, especially in multilingual chat contexts where these terms may appear frequently.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The description embeds trigger words including very broad terms such as "百度" and "热搜," which are common in ordinary Chinese conversation and can cause the skill to activate unintentionally. While this does not indicate malicious behavior, broad activation increases the chance of unwanted invocation, context hijacking, or accidental data/tool use when a user is discussing related topics rather than explicitly requesting the skill.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
89% confidence
Finding

The skill documentation shows that it performs a live curl request to a Baidu endpoint but does not clearly warn users that invoking the skill will make an external network request. This can surprise users, leak metadata such as IP/device timing to a third party, and combine with broad triggers to increase unintended outbound traffic.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.