Ddg 1.0.0

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: Sep 10, 2026 · 8:15 PM UTC
• Version: 1.0.0

Overview

This skill is a coherent ddgr search helper, but its install instructions include root-level installation from unpinned third-party sources without verification guidance.

Review the install path before using this skill. Prefer a trusted OS package or verified release, avoid running sudo make install from an unpinned clone, and be aware that --ducky or interactive result selection can open third-party pages in your browser.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

• Insecure Dependencies: Introduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
• Skill Instruction Hijacking: Alters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
• Agent Memory Poisoning: Writes attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
• Remote Payload Retrieval and Execution: Fetches external code whose behavior can change after review
• Embedded Malicious Code: Ships malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally

Findings (1)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning

• Location: SKILL.md:17

Finding

Unpinned Third-Party Dependencies Installed with Elevated Privileges

Content

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Remediation

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SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (9)

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 14)May include surrounding context.

Via Snap (recommended for Ubuntu):

bash

sudo snap install ddgr

Via PPA:

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

Via Snap (recommended for Ubuntu):

bash

sudo snap install ddgr

Via PPA:

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 20)May include surrounding context.

Via Snap (recommended for Ubuntu):

bash

sudo snap install ddgr

Via PPA:

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 21)May include surrounding context.

Via Snap (recommended for Ubuntu):

bash

sudo snap install ddgr

Via PPA:

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 76% confidence

Finding

sudo make install after cloning from source executes installation steps as root from a freshly downloaded codebase. If the repository or build scripts are compromised, this can lead to arbitrary code execution with full system privileges, making it materially riskier than normal packaged installation guidance.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 28)May include surrounding context.

bash

git clone https://github.com/jarun/ddgr.git
cd ddgr
sudo make install

Dependencies: Python 3.8 or later

Sudo/Root Execution

Medium

• Category: Privilege Escalation
• Confidence: 70% confidence

Finding

Commands invoke sudo or root privileges. Verify this elevated access is necessary and justified.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 150)May include surrounding context.

md

## Troubleshooting

**Command not found:**
- Ensure ddgr is installed via snap: `sudo snap install ddgr`
- Use full command: `snap run ddgr` instead of just `ddgr`

**No results:**

Missing User Warnings

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 84% confidence

Finding

The skill documentation includes --ducky to open the first result in a browser, which affects the user's system state and launches external content. The surrounding description presents this as a normal usage example but does not include any warning or caution about opening a browser or navigating to third-party sites.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 87% confidence

Finding

The interactive commands state that entering result numbers opens the selected result in a browser, but the markdown does not warn that this launches external sites outside the terminal. For a skill description, this is a user-impacting behavior that should be disclosed where the action is introduced.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Low

• Category: Not specified by scanner
• Confidence: 90% confidence

Finding

The document explicitly demonstrates use of ddgr --unsafe but provides no warning that this disables safe-search filtering and may return adult, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content. In a command-line search skill, users may copy examples directly, so documenting the unsafe mode without context increases the chance of unintended exposure to unfiltered results.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.