T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:17- Finding
Excessive Tool Permissions Without a Supporting Implementation
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 17-20
Vulnerability Type: Excessive command-execution and filesystem permissions
Risk Level: Mediumyaml tools: - read - exec - writeTechnical Analysis
The skill requests command execution and filesystem read/write capabilities even though the package contains only
SKILL.mdand provides no executable music-generation implementation, processing script, constrained file workflow, or documented command set requiring these privileges.This violates the principle of least privilege. In particular, the unrestricted
execcapability creates a command-execution channel, whilereadandwriteexpose local files to access and modification. The document does recommend command allowlisting and avoiding interpolation of user input, but it does not implement or enforce those controls.Exploitation would depend on the host agent granting the declared tools and allowing skill instructions or attacker-controlled task content to determine tool arguments. Under those conditions, the permissions could be used for operations unrelated to music generation.
Attack Path
- A host agent loads the skill and grants its declared
read,write, andexectools. - An attacker supplies crafted task content, a prompt, or a referenced file that induces the agent to perform operations outside the skill's stated purpose.
- The agent invokes
readto inspect accessible local data,writeto alter accessible files, orexecto run an unauthorized local command. - The operation executes with the privileges and filesystem access of the agent process, crossing the legitimate privilege boundary of a documentation-only music-generation skill.
No fixed malicious command, exfiltration endpoint, persistence mechanism, or embedded payload was found in the audited file; therefore, the exploitability and resulting scope are conditional on the host's tool authoriza ...[truncated 715 chars]
- A host agent loads the skill and grants its declared
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove
exec,read, andwritefrom the tool declaration unless each capability is required by an implemented workflow. - Prefer a dedicated, narrowly scoped music-generation API tool rather than general command execution.
- If filesystem access is necessary, restrict it to explicit input and output directories using canonicalized paths and deny traversal outside those directories.
- If command execution is indispensable, enforce a fixed executable allowlist and structured arguments. Never pass user-controlled content through a shell or construct command strings by concatenation.
- Run the skill in a sandbox with minimal operating-system privileges, no access to unrelated secrets, a read-only project directory where practical, and explicit user approval for sensitive operations.
- Document every permitted tool operation, including accepted inputs, allowed paths, expected outputs, and failure behavior.
- Add automated policy tests that reject undeclared commands, out-of-scope paths, shell metacharacters, and attempts to access sensitive files.
- Remove
