cron-scheduling

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 7, 2026

Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides numerous examples of system administration commands including crontab, systemctl, at, and journalctl. These are standard tools for task scheduling and log management on Unix-like systems and are documented here for educational and functional purposes.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The documentation mentions the use of sudo for managing other users' scheduled tasks (e.g., sudo crontab -u www-data -e) and controlling systemd units (e.g., sudo systemctl enable --now backup.timer). These are standard administrative workflows and do not represent a bypass or unauthorized escalation within the skill's logic.
  • [PERSISTENCE]: The skill focuses on legitimate persistence mechanisms such as cron jobs and systemd timers for recurring tasks. The usage patterns provided align with standard system maintenance, automation, and DevOps practices.
  • [DATA_EXPOSURE]: The skill references system paths like /etc/systemd/system/, /var/log/syslog, and /var/spool/cron/. These references are used in the context of configuration, monitoring, and debugging scheduled tasks, which is the stated primary purpose of the skill.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 7, 2026, 04:22 PM