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Knowledge Placement Planner and Workspace Export Writer

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This small Markdown-only skill describes a workspace note path planner and export writer, with disclosed file-writing behavior but no hidden execution, network access, credentials, or persistence.

Before installing, treat this as a helper that may write files in your workspace. Use it for knowledge-base notes or workspace exports only, and verify the chosen path before allowing any write, especially if the target file already exists or contains business/customer information.

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
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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
Findings (2)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The description says to use this skill for 'routine knowledge-base publishing work,' which is a broad activation condition that could match many ordinary requests. The file does not provide specific trigger phrases, scope limits, or negative examples clarifying when the skill should or should not be invoked.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The skill exposes a file-writing operation to a workspace path without any documented safeguards against overwriting existing files, writing to unintended locations, or modifying sensitive workspace content. In a skill that combines path selection and file writing, the absence of warnings or constraints can normalize unsafe use and increase the risk of destructive or misdirected writes.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.