cron
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Feb 15, 2026
Risk Level: LOWCOMMAND_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFE
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION] (LOW): The skill documents standard administrative commands for task scheduling including
crontab,systemctl, andchmod. These are intended for system maintenance and automation. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE] (LOW): Scenario 1 for database backup includes a generic placeholder:
mysqldump -u root -p'password'. This reflects an insecure practice where credentials might be exposed in process lists or shell history, although the password provided is a generic string. - [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION] (LOW): Documentation includes commands that require root or sudo access, such as managing crontabs for other users (
crontab -u) and modifying system-level cron directories (/etc/cron.d/). - [DATA_EXPOSURE] (INFO): Provides instructions for accessing local system logs (
/var/log/syslog,/var/log/cron) for debugging, which is appropriate for the skill's stated purpose of monitoring cron tasks.
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