performing-memory-forensics-with-volatility3

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads symbol tables and source code from trusted repositories and official domains.
  • Fetches Windows, Linux, and Mac symbol packs from downloads.volatilityfoundation.org, which is the official resource for the Volatility 3 tool.
  • References the official Volatility 3 GitHub repository for source installation.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The scripts/agent.py script automates forensic analysis by executing the vol CLI utility using the Python subprocess module.
  • The commands are constructed using list-based arguments to prevent shell injection vulnerabilities.
  • The functionality is limited to wrapping the Volatility 3 tool to generate forensic reports.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill processes untrusted data from memory dumps, creating a potential surface for indirect prompt injection if malicious content is embedded in the RAM being analyzed.
  • Ingestion points: Processes raw memory dumps through various Volatility plugins (e.g., windows.pslist, windows.netscan) and extracts strings via windows.strings (found in scripts/agent.py and SKILL.md).
  • Boundary markers: The skill does not employ explicit delimiters or instructions to the agent to ignore embedded commands within the memory dump data.
  • Capability inventory: The script has the capability to execute shell commands (via Volatility) and write reports to the local file system.
  • Sanitization: No specific sanitization or filtering of the extracted memory strings is performed before they are included in the generated JSON report.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 15, 2026, 03:43 AM