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SocQ Apple App Store Research

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed SocQ integration for collecting public Apple App Store data, with no evidence of hidden behavior or malicious persistence.

Install this only if you intend to use SocQ for Apple App Store research and are comfortable providing a SocQ API key to the hosted SocQ service. Prefer a vetted or pinned @socq/cli installation where possible, and review expected credit usage before approving large runs.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (4)

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

npx commands without a version suffix (e.g. @1.0.0) create a rug-pull risk if the upstream server is compromised and publishes a malicious update.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Rp1

Medium
Category
MCP Rug Pull
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs use of npx @socq/cli without pinning an exact version, which can cause the latest published package to be fetched and executed at runtime. If the upstream package is compromised or a breaking release is published, agents could run attacker-controlled code or unexpected behavior in the local environment.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 61)May include surrounding context.

md
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Apple App Store data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=apple-app-store"

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
50% confidence
Finding

Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · agents/openai.yaml (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

yaml
value: "socq"
      description: "Hosted SocQ Apple App Store data tools"
      transport: "streamable_http"
      url: "https://api.socq.ai/mcp?platforms=apple-app-store"

Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.exposed_secret_literal

File appears to expose a hardcoded API secret or token.

Critical
Code
suspicious.exposed_secret_literal
Location
SKILL.md:32