AI agents call get_file_info to retrieve information from REMnux MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only queries and returns data about files without executing code, modifying data, or causing side effects. Even in a malware analysis context, obtaining file metadata (type, hashes, size) is a fundamental read operation. The severity is low because misuse would only expose information, not enable harmful actions or irreversible changes.
From the tool's definition The tool 'get_file_info' retrieves file type, hashes, and basic metadata—purely informational operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_file_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and REMnux MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_file_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_file_info": {}
}
}get_file_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get file type, hashes, and basic metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the REMnux MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the REMnux MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_file_info: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches REMnux MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_file_info is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_file_info rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_file_info. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_file_info is provided by the REMnux MCP Server MCP server (remnux/remnux-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 14 REMnux MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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14 REMnux MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.