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Security audit

QwenPaw Backup Manager

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward QwenPaw backup/restore skill, with a restore-overwrite caution users should understand before running it.

Before using restore, make a fresh backup and confirm which QwenPaw profile or workspace will be affected, because restoring skills, settings, sessions, or memory can replace current local state.

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
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • 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 (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly supports restoring backups of skills, settings, sessions, and memory, but it does not warn that restore operations can overwrite existing local QwenPaw data. Users may reasonably invoke restore without realizing it is destructive, leading to accidental loss or rollback of current data, configuration, or conversation history.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.