Security audit

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

Category: Not specified by scanner
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.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.