binwalk
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Nov 10, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The installation instructions utilize
sudo apt installto acquire system-level libraries and extraction utilities (e.g., mtd-utils, squashfs-tools). In an autonomous agent context, this requires elevated permissions. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill relies heavily on shell command execution for its core functionality, including
binwalk,find,grep,dd, andstringsto perform binary analysis and file system extraction. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads the Binwalk v3 tool using
cargo install(Crates.io) and provides links to official GitHub releases. These are well-known services used for legitimate tool acquisition. - [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is designed to process untrusted external data (firmware blobs). This creates a vulnerability surface where an attacker could embed malicious text or instructions within a binary's strings or metadata. If the agent parses the output of tools like
stringsorgrepwithout proper boundary markers or sanitization, it could be influenced by the embedded data. - Ingestion points: Binary firmware files (e.g.,
firmware.bin) processed inSKILL.md. - Boundary markers: Absent; commands do not wrap tool output in delimiters or instructions to ignore embedded content.
- Capability inventory: Includes subprocess execution of
binwalk,find,grep,dd,strings, andfileacrossSKILL.mdandreferences/firmware-analysis.md. - Sanitization: Absent; the skill does not suggest escaping or filtering the content extracted from binaries before presentation to the agent.
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