performing-timeline-reconstruction-with-plaso

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The scripts/agent.py script uses subprocess.run to execute external forensic tools such as log2timeline.py and psort.py. This behavior is the intended purpose of the script, serving as a wrapper to automate forensic workflows.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: Documentation in SKILL.md includes commands using sudo to install the Plaso toolset and manage Docker containers. These are standard system administration tasks required for setting up a forensic environment.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill ingest and processes external forensic evidence from disk images and logs. There is a theoretical surface for indirect prompt injection if an attacker embeds malicious instructions within the logs being processed, which is a common risk factor in digital forensics analysis.
  • Ingestion points: Forensic images (dd, E01, VMDK) and exported CSV/JSONL files in scripts/agent.py and SKILL.md.
  • Boundary markers: None specific; uses standard CSV parsing.
  • Capability inventory: File system writes (creating storage files/reports), subprocess execution (running forensic tools).
  • Sanitization: Standard CSV DictReader used; no specific NL-level sanitization for ingested log content.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 15, 2026, 04:34 AM