T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation
- Location
SKILL.md:35- Finding
Unnecessary Command-Execution Capability Violates Least Privilege
- Content
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 35–38
Vulnerability Type: Excessive tool permission
Risk Level: Mediumyaml tools: - read - write - execTechnical Analysis
The Skill declares access to the
exectool even though its documented workflow only requires reading CSV, JSON, or Markdown input, processing that data, and writing a report. No documented step, runtime dependency, or implementation requirement justifies arbitrary command execution.This violates the principle of least privilege. In an Agent platform that grants tools according to this metadata, the Skill receives a code-execution channel beyond its legitimate reporting requirements. The package contains no executable scripts or explicit malicious command, so exploitation is conditional: an attacker would need to influence the Agent through untrusted source content, user input, or another instruction channel and induce it to invoke
exec.Attack Path
- A user invokes the Skill with an attacker-controlled CSV, JSON, or Markdown data source.
- The Agent reads and interprets the untrusted content while performing the report-generation workflow.
- Malicious content or related instructions attempt to persuade the Agent to execute a system command.
- Because
execis unnecessarily available, the Agent may invoke it instead of remaining limited to data parsing and report output. - The command runs with the operating-system permissions assigned to the Agent process, potentially affecting resources outside the intended report workflow.
This path depends on the hosting platform honoring the declared tool permission and the Agent being susceptible to attacker-controlled instructions; the file itself does not contain a direct execution instruction.
Impact Assessment
Successful exploitation could allow commands to run with the privileges of the Agent process. Depending on the deployment environment, ...[truncated 501 chars]
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Remove
execfrom the declared tools because the documented workflow only requiresreadandwrite:yaml tools: - read - write - Restrict file reads to explicitly supplied local data files and supported formats.
- Restrict writes to a dedicated report-output directory and prevent path traversal or overwriting of unrelated files.
- Treat all source-file content as untrusted data rather than Agent instructions.
- If command execution later becomes necessary, replace unrestricted execution with a narrowly scoped operation that uses:
- An explicit command allowlist
- Fixed executables and validated arguments
- No shell interpolation
- A restricted working directory
- A least-privileged sandbox
- Network access disabled by default
- Execution logging and time/resource limits
- Remove
