What the reviewer found

Same blackbox-htb plugin: a post-shell privilege-escalation playbook that reads /etc/shadow and SSH private keys and downloads linpeas/winpeas from GitHub or the tester's own listener. Standard offensive-security technique for an authorized pentest/CTF box, not malware, but the findings accurately describe what it does.

• dual-use — a security tool that can be misused
• credential-access — reads credentials
• remote-exec — runs code fetched from the network
• network — calls the vendor’s API

What was read

The file as it ships in allsmog/blackbox-claude-plugin:

• blackbox-htb/commands/bb-privesc.md

What the static scan said

The scan flagged 3things. The reviewer kept 3 and dismissed 0 as false.

• PE3Reaches for credential files — real
• SC2Downloads and executes remote code — real
• NETMakes network calls — real

How this review was made

Sonnet 5 read the files above on 7 September 2026 and answered three questions: is it dangerous to whoever installs it, is each scanner finding real, and what should the installer know. The verdict is bound to the file's hash; when the file changes, it is scanned afresh and reviewed again. A script that changes while the definition does not is not re-reviewed — that is a known gap. How the scan and the review work.

Produced by agentmods.dev · Sonnet 5 · 7 September 2026