Privilege Escalation Methods

Fail

Audited by Snyk on Jul 28, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICAL
Full Analysis

HIGH W007: Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

  • Insecure credential handling detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill includes commands and examples that embed plaintext passwords and credential hashes directly (e.g., user:password, /rc4:<NTLM_HASH>, net user Administrator Password!@#), which requires the LLM to handle and output secret values verbatim, creating an exfiltration risk.

CRITICAL E005: Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

  • Suspicious download URL detected (high risk: 1.00). The URL http://attacker/shell.ps1 is a direct link to a PowerShell script on an untrusted/attacker-controlled host (direct executable/script download from an unknown domain is high risk); https://facebook.com is benign.

CRITICAL E006: Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.

  • Malicious code pattern detected (high risk: 1.00). This document is an explicit, step-by-step post‑exploitation playbook for gaining root/Administrator, stealing credentials (NTDS.dit, tickets, hashes), establishing persistence, and remotely executing attacker payloads — clearly malicious and usable for unauthorized compromise.

MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 1.00). This skill explicitly teaches and scripts privilege-escalation and persistence techniques (sudo abuse, chmod +s, cron/script injection, scheduled tasks, service/GPO abuse, mimikatz/golden tickets, etc.) that instruct an agent to modify system state, obtain root/administrator access, and bypass security controls.

Issues (4)

W007
HIGH

Insecure credential handling detected in skill instructions.

E005
CRITICAL

Suspicious download URL detected in skill instructions.

E006
CRITICAL

Malicious code pattern detected in skill scripts.

W013
MEDIUM

Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Jul 28, 2026, 05:46 AM
Issues
4
Security Audit — snyk — Privilege Escalation Methods