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Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission combinations, and least-privilege violations

mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills Agent Skills author: mukul975 Apache-2.0 4 files · 1 script body ≈ 461 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 5 d ago

Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining policy analysis to identify overly permissive policies, dangerous permission…

As a process C 51/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, failures and branches

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Technical rating
C
84/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
92
Quality 40%
71
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
C
51/100
Has gaps
Result and completion w 14
0
Failures and branches w 10
0
Progress reporting w 2
0
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

How to improve

    For the model run — optional
    • Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
    • A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.

    Guard findings · 8

    ✓ No critical or high findings

    Medium and low: 8
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security references/api-reference.md:1
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      # AWS IAM Privilege Escalation Detection API Reference
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security references/api-reference.md:33
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)
      # Scan authorization file for privilege escalation
      detector
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security references/api-reference.md:40
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      ## Known Privilege Escalation Vectors
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:3
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)
      description: Detect AWS IAM privilege escalation paths using boto3 and Cloudsplaining
      detector
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:32
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)
      # Detecting AWS IAM Privilege Escalation
      detector
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:36
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      This skill uses boto3 and Cloudsplaining-style analysis to identify IAM privilege escalation paths in AWS accounts. It downloads the account authorization details, analyzes each policy for dangerous p
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:41
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use) (detector / deny-list definition)
      - When investigating security incidents that require detecting aws iam privilege escalation
      detector
    • low Risky intent intent-offensive-security SKILL.md:55
      Offensive-security / dual-use content (legitimate for authorised testing; review intended use)
      2. **Analyze Policies for Privilege Escalation** — Check each policy for known escalation permission combinations

    Files scanned: 4. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

    Against the Agent Skills spec

    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "domain"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "subdomain"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "nist_csf"
    • note frontmatter-key unknown frontmatter key "mitre_attack"

    Process rating: all ten parameters 51/100

    • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
    • 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
    • 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
    • 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
    • 30Running it twice. 2 mutating operations with no state check
    • 60Tools and files. Uses tools (python) that frontmatter does not declare
    • 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
    • 100Steps. 17 steps
    • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
    • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 461 tokens

    Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.

    Quality signals

    • +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
    • +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
    • +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
    • +4No input/output examples
    • -41 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
    • -31 of 1 scripts are never mentioned in SKILL.md
    • +2Single-language instructions
    • +3Description length 194: enough signal without eating the budget
    • +4Structure: 6 headings
    • +3Step-by-step instructions: 17 items
    • +1License stated

    Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 71.