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Security audit

PDF to CSV

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill does what it says: it sends user-provided PDFs to PDFAPIHub to convert them into CSV files.

Before installing, confirm you are comfortable sending PDFs and a PDFAPIHub API key to a hosted third-party conversion service. Do not process confidential documents unless PDFAPIHub's retention and privacy terms are acceptable for your use case.

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 (2)

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Content
## Example Usage
```bash
curl -X POST https://pdfapihub.com/api/v1/convert/pdf/csv \
  -H "CLIENT-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "url": "https://pdfapihub.com/sample-pdfinvoice-with-image.pdf", "output": "url" }'
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding
Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Vague Triggers

Low
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding
This manifest-style JSON describes an external PDF-to-CSV conversion request but provides no specificity about when it should be invoked, what user intent it corresponds to, or any exclusion conditions. In a manifest/config context, the absence of trigger boundaries makes activation scope ambiguous and can contribute to unintended use.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.