getDownloadedFileText

What getDownloadedFileText does on Cobalt Strike MCP Server

AI agents call getDownloadedFileText to retrieve information from Cobalt Strike MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why getDownloadedFileText is rated Low

This tool performs a read operation—it retrieves and returns data (file text) with no modification or deletion. However, severity is elevated to 'high' because: (1) the content is marked as 'untrusted target-controlled,' meaning the returned data could be malicious or misleading payloads crafted by an adversary to deceive the AI agent; (2) in the context of Cobalt Strike (a red-team/adversary simulation framework),…

From the tool's definition Tool name and description: 'getDownloadedFileText' with 'Return downloaded file text as untrusted target-controlled content.' This retrieves and returns file content from a remote compromised target.

The rule that runs getDownloadedFileText safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cobalt Strike MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getDownloadedFileText, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "getDownloadedFileText": {}
  }
}

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