ctf-pwn
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 11, 2026
Risk Level: SAFEINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDYNAMIC_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATION
Full Analysis
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill's workflow involves connecting to remote challenge servers and processing binary files (ELF/PE), which provides a surface for indirect prompt injection. A malicious challenge could attempt to influence the agent's behavior via data returned by the server or embedded in binary metadata.
- Ingestion points: The skill uses
remote('host', port).recv()andELF('./binary')to ingest external data. - Boundary markers: The provided exploit templates do not utilize clear delimiters or specific instructions to isolate and ignore potentially malicious content within the processed data.
- Capability inventory: The agent has access to
pwntoolsfunctions likeprocess(),remote(),asm(), andELF(), enabling it to execute code and perform network operations. - Sanitization: No sanitization or filtering is applied to the data received from remote targets before it is processed by the agent.
- [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The skill makes extensive use of
pwntoolsto dynamically generate machine code (shellcode) and ROP chains. This runtime code generation is a core requirement for the skill's intended purpose of solving Pwn challenges. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses the
process()function from thepwntoolslibrary to execute and debug local binary files. It also describes creating and executing shell scripts (e.g., formodprobe_pathexploitation inreferences/kernel-exploitation.md), which are standard procedures in a security research context. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill provides instructions for escalating privileges within a target environment (e.g., escaping a restricted shell in
references/sandbox-escape.mdor gaining root in a kernel challenge viamodprobe_pathorcore_patternoverwrites inreferences/kernel.md). These techniques are intended for use against CTF targets and are consistent with the skill's primary educational purpose.
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