T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:330- Finding
Unsafe Recommendation to Run with Administrator Privileges
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md:330
Vulnerability Type: Unnecessary privilege escalation
Risk Level: MediumVulnerable Code Snippet
markdown | Permission denied | The current user lacks read/write permissions | Check file permissions and run as administrator |The original instruction at line 330 recommends running as administrator when the current user lacks file read/write permissions.
Technical Analysis
The troubleshooting guidance responds to an ordinary filesystem permission error by recommending administrator-level execution. Diagram generation and file-output operations do not inherently require elevated privileges. The instruction does not first require the user to identify the affected path, select a user-writable output directory, correct narrowly scoped ownership or permissions, or validate the command and its dependencies.
The package contains only
SKILL.md; it does not include the helper scripts repeatedly referenced by its examples. It also relies on an external CLI and workflow dependency. Consequently, elevating execution would extend administrator privileges to components not available for inspection in this package. This violates the principle of least privilege and unnecessarily magnifies the consequences of a compromised dependency, unsafe command, malicious input, or incorrect output path.Attack Path
- A user invokes the external AnyGen CLI or one of the referenced helper workflows.
- The operation encounters a read/write permission error.
- Following the troubleshooting instruction at
SKILL.md:330, the user reruns the operation with administrator privileges. - A compromised external component, unsafe command path, or attacker-controlled input is processed in the elevated context.
- The invoked component can access or modify resources available to the administrator rather than only those available to the original user.
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- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove the recommendation to run the tool as administrator.
- Replace it with least-privilege troubleshooting steps:
- Identify the exact file or directory causing the error.
- Confirm that the configured input and output paths are correct.
- Select an output directory owned by and writable to the current user.
- Inspect ownership and permissions before making changes.
- Grant only the minimum required permission to the specific path.
- Avoid recursive or system-wide permission changes.
- Require explicit justification and user confirmation before any exceptional elevated operation.
- Do not elevate unspecified scripts, external CLIs, or dependencies that have not been reviewed and integrity-verified.
- Document trusted installation sources, pinned versions, and integrity-verification procedures for the required AnyGen CLI and workflow dependency.
- Use sandboxing or a restricted service account for diagram-generation processes, especially when processing untrusted descriptions or documents.
A safer replacement would be:
markdown | Permission denied | The current user lacks access to the selected path | Verify the path and ownership, select a user-writable output directory, or grant the current user only the minimum required permission to that specific path; do not run the tool as administrator |