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Security audit

pharmaceuticals-exploration-zhcn

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a disclosed pharmaceutical research skill that uses PatSnap MCP services for drug and clinical data lookups, with no hidden code or unrelated access found.

Install this only if you intend to use PatSnap's life-science MCP services and are comfortable storing an API key in your MCP configuration and sending drug, disease, target, and related research terms to PatSnap. Treat generated clinical or safety analysis as research support, not personal medical advice.

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 (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding
The activation criteria are broad enough to match ordinary drug-related questions, which can cause the skill to trigger in contexts where the user did not explicitly intend to invoke this specialized workflow. In a tool-enabled skill that performs external MCP lookups and enforces pre-query connectivity checks, accidental activation can lead to unnecessary external data access, confusing responses, and expanded attack surface for prompt-routing abuse.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.