ato-mcp

v0.8.27 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

MCP server for Australian Taxation Office statistics. Plain-English access to personal tax by postcode, company tax by industry, corporate tax transparency, GST collections, super contributions, and the ACNC charity register.

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows elevated risks particularly in credential handling and metadata, suggesting potential misuse. However, without concrete evidence of malicious activity, it cannot be conclusively classified as malicious.

  • Elevated credential risk
  • Single-author with missing repository
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: The use of an HTTP client suggests the package may be designed to fetch resources from the internet, which is not inherently suspicious but should be reviewed for its purpose.
  • Shell: No shell execution patterns detected, indicating no immediate risk related to command execution.
  • Obfuscation: No clear signs of obfuscation patterns being used maliciously.
  • Credentials: Detected patterns suggest potential credential harvesting attempts via file access and URL manipulations.
  • Metadata: The author has only one package and the git repository is not found, raising some suspicion but not conclusive evidence of malice.

📦 Package Quality Overall: Medium (5.6/10)

✦ High Test Suite 9.0

Test suite present — 27 test file(s) found

  • Test runner config found: conftest.py
  • Test runner config found: pyproject.toml
  • 27 test file(s) detected (e.g. conftest.py)
◈ Medium Documentation 7.0

Some documentation present

  • Documentation URL: "Documentation" -> https://github.com/Bigred97/ato-mcp#readme
  • Detailed PyPI description (11827 chars)
○ Low Contributing Guide 4.0

No contributing guide or governance files found

  • Development Status classifier >= Beta
◈ Medium Type Annotations 7.0

Partial type annotation coverage

  • Classifier: Typing :: Typed
  • 114 type-annotated function signatures detected in source
○ Low Multiple Contributors 1.0

Could not retrieve contributor data from GitHub

  • GitHub API error: 404

🔬 Heuristic Checks

⚠ Outbound Network Calls score 1.5

Found 1 network call pattern(s)

  • Cache() self._http = httpx.AsyncClient( timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, transport=
✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

⚠ Credential Harvesting score 10.0

Found 5 credential access pattern(s)

  • : "Right One", "url": "file:///etc/passwd"}], }, }) ) async with ATOClien
  • script>", "../../etc/passwd", "../%2e%2e/passwd", "%00", "\x00postcode"]: r = a
  • arametrize("bad_id", [ "../etc/passwd", "CORP/TRANSPARENCY", "CORP%20TRANSPARENCY", "
  • url in ( "file:///etc/passwd", "javascript:alert(1)", "data:text
  • it server.describe_dataset("../etc/passwd") @pytest.mark.asyncio async def test_describe_dataset_em
✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

⚠ Git Repository History score 3.0

Repository not found (deleted or private)

  • Repository not found (deleted or private)
⚠ Maintainer History score 2.0

1 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Author "Harry Vass" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
✓ Known CVE Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities found in OSV database.

💡 AI App Starter Prompt

Use this prompt to build a project with ato-mcp 
Create a web-based dashboard using Flask that integrates with the 'ato-mcp' Python package to provide real-time access to Australian taxation data. This dashboard will serve as a tool for financial analysts, researchers, and policymakers to quickly gather insights into various aspects of Australian taxation, including personal tax by postcode, company tax by industry, corporate tax transparency, GST collections, super contributions, and the ACNC charity register.

### Steps to Build the Application:
1. **Setup Environment**: Install Python, Flask, and the 'ato-mcp' package.
2. **Design Database**: Create a database schema to store and manage the data fetched from the 'ato-mcp' package. Consider using SQLite for simplicity.
3. **API Integration**: Develop API endpoints using Flask that fetch data from the 'ato-mcp' package and store it in the database.
4. **Frontend Development**: Design a user-friendly frontend using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks like Bootstrap or React.js to display the fetched data in charts, tables, and graphs.
5. **Data Visualization**: Implement visualizations such as line charts for time-series data (e.g., GST collections over years), bar charts for comparisons (e.g., personal tax by postcode), and pie charts for proportions (e.g., super contributions).
6. **User Authentication**: Add basic authentication to secure the dashboard, allowing only authorized users to access the sensitive tax information.
7. **Testing and Deployment**: Test the application thoroughly and deploy it on a cloud platform like Heroku or AWS.

### Suggested Features:
- **Interactive Filters**: Allow users to filter data based on specific criteria such as year, industry, or postcode.
- **Export Functionality**: Provide options to export data in CSV or PDF formats.
- **Real-Time Updates**: Fetch and update data periodically to ensure the dashboard reflects the most current statistics.
- **Detailed Reports**: Generate detailed reports based on user queries.
- **Customizable Views**: Enable users to customize their view of the data, choosing which metrics to display and how they want them presented.

### Utilizing 'ato-mcp':
- Use the 'ato-mcp' package to interact with the Australian Taxation Office's APIs, fetching detailed statistics on personal taxes, company taxes, GST collections, etc.
- Store these statistics in your database for quick retrieval and analysis.
- Use the fetched data to populate your charts and tables dynamically.
- Ensure you handle any rate limits and error responses appropriately to maintain a smooth user experience.

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