gdb

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Audited by Socket on Sep 5, 2026

3 alerts found:

Securityx3
SecurityMEDIUM
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS. The skill is internally coherent for a GDB malware-analysis/reverse-engineering guide, and its install sources are mostly official/same-project. Main concerns are the official-but-risky GEF curl-to-bash installer and the fact that this skill equips an AI agent with explicit exploit-research and malware-debugging capabilities, which makes the overall security risk high even without evidence of credential theft or covert exfiltration.

Confidence: 92%Severity: 74%
SecurityMEDIUM
references/malware-debugging.md

This fragment is dual-use malware-analysis tooling that explicitly enables anti-debug bypass (ptrace/SIGTRAP and /proc/self/status TracerPid manipulation, timing result tampering), plus unpacking-style extraction of executable memory regions and network/payload tracing with stdout logging. It does not itself show autonomous compromise, persistence, or outbound exfiltration, but it materially increases capability for evasion and code harvesting against anti-analysis defenses; therefore it should be treated as high operational risk if distributed or executed without strict purpose controls.

Confidence: 75%Severity: 74%
SecurityMEDIUM
references/scripting.md

Overall, this is a dual-use GDB instrumentation script. The standout risk signal is the explicit ptrace anti-debug bypass (forcing $rax = 0) plus aggressive logging of network/process-execution-related data, including sampled send buffer contents, persisted to a predictable local file (/tmp/malware_trace.json). While it does not by itself perform remote exfiltration or system-level malware actions, it meaningfully defeats anti-analysis and can capture sensitive runtime data, making it security-relevant and potentially suspicious in a supply-chain context if delivered as part of a broader dependency.

Confidence: 70%Severity: 74%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Sep 5, 2026, 10:46 PM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/aeondave%2Fmalskill%2Fgdb%2F@b961408626ea9bcb8d68fd22a6ac25de978b184b2b6789d824ad19767f989256
Security Audit — socket — gdb