firmware-analyst
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 24, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDYNAMIC_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill is designed to ingest and process untrusted external data in the form of firmware images (
firmware.bin) and extracted file systems. - Ingestion points: Firmware files downloaded from external URLs or extracted via hardware interfaces (
UART,JTAG). - Boundary markers: No explicit delimiters or instructions are provided to the agent to ignore potentially malicious embedded content within the analyzed firmware files.
- Capability inventory: The skill leverages powerful system tools including
dd,screen,sudo chroot,gcccross-compilers, andqemuemulation. - Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or validation of the content extracted from firmware before it is processed by analysis tools.
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The instructions include usage of
sudo chrootto emulate firmware environments. While this is a standard procedure for firmware analysis to provide a consistent root filesystem, it involves executing commands with administrative privileges. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill directs the agent to use low-level system utilities such as
ddfor partition dumping andscreenfor serial console access. It also includes examples of vulnerable C code patterns (system(cmd)) for educational purposes to demonstrate command injection risks in target firmware. - [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The workflow includes cross-compiling source code using
arm-linux-gnueabi-gccandmipsel-linux-gnu-gccto create test binaries/exploits, as well as executing arbitrary binaries within a QEMU-emulated environment.
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