Skills/PyPI/benspdf-mcp

benspdf-mcp@0.3.0

VERIFIED

Publisher claims: "Local PDF tools for AI agents, exposed over the Model Context Protocol" Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry PyPI (MCP server)Publisher benbergner · joined 6 days agoInstalls 516Last detonated 6d ago
$claude mcp add benspdf-mcp -- uvx benspdf-mcp
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KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (2 scenarios) on 2026-10-28 and scored it 81/100 (Verified). It did what it claims and nothing else we could detect: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 2 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.2sprocessdependency install exit 1
0.3sprocessexec /usr/bin/timeout
0.3sprocessexec .venv/bin/benspdf-mcp
0.3sprocessexited 127: timeout: failed to run command '.venv/bin/benspdf-mcp': No such file or directory
0.3sclaimedno tools/list reply (exit 127)
0.3sprocessscript backend runs setup only

Static findings

HIGH
Privileged sudo commandsrc/benspdf/tools/ocr.py:990 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/benspdf/tools/ocr.py:928 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/benspdf/tools/ocr.py:469 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
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HIGH
Privileged sudo commandsrc/benspdf/tools/ocr.py:972 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegesFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
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MEDIUM
Python subprocess execution detectedsrc/benspdf/tools/ocr.py:946 · Python subprocess execution detectedFix: Build commands from fixed arguments, never from interpolated strings; prefer an API client over shelling out.
AST05