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Paper Scout

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a straightforward research-paper scout that searches scholarly sources and saves a disclosed Markdown digest locally.

Install if you are comfortable with the agent searching external scholarly sources, potentially using browser automation for Google Scholar, and writing a dated Markdown digest to your Desktop. Review or change the output path if the machine is shared or if Desktop files reveal sensitive research interests.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

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

Low
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly writes a Markdown report to ~/Desktop, but the description does not warn users about this filesystem side effect. Undisclosed file creation can surprise users, expose sensitive research interests on a shared machine, or overwrite expected files if naming collisions occur.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.