performing-aws-privilege-escalation-assessment

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Mar 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides documentation and workflows for executing AWS CLI commands and third-party security tools (Pacu, CloudFox, PMapper).
  • These commands are intended for security auditing and authorized penetration testing within an AWS environment.
  • The commands are transparent and align with the skill's stated purpose of identifying IAM misconfigurations.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The documentation references several well-known security tools used by the industry.
  • It suggests installing pacu, principalmapper (PMapper), and cloudfox.
  • These tools originate from reputable security organizations (Rhino Security Labs, NCC Group, and Bishop Fox) and are standard requirements for cloud security assessments.
  • [SAFE]: The provided Python script (scripts/agent.py) uses the official AWS SDK (boto3) to enumerate IAM entities and evaluate policies for dangerous permission combinations.
  • Analysis is performed locally, and results are saved to a local JSON file for reporting.
  • No network exfiltration or unauthorized access attempts were identified in the source code.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Mar 15, 2026, 09:38 PM