ClawAudit verdict

pdf-translator

pdf-translate-skill

88
🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

The skill translates PDF documents by converting pages to images, extracting text, and regenerating LaTeX; network calls are to arXiv for source downloads, consistent with the stated academic PDF translation purpose.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. ClawAudit flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

35
security
60
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

Makes network requests but does not declare curl/wget in required binaries

network_out

Installs packages at runtime — transitive dependencies are not auditable

package_install

Findings (5)

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match medium

Downloads executables from external URLs

references/troubleshooting.md · prose · downgraded · Download from https://

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/compile_latex.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

scripts/compile_latex.py · prose · downgraded · got

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/download_arxiv_source.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

package_installnetwork_out

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