phoenix-emu-project

MEDIUM

maintainer viachaslavic 2 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt x86_64 binary (PhoenixEmuProject) from arts-union.ru, which is the upstream developer's own website (the url= field points to the same domain). This is a legitimate emulator project hosted by its author, not a random third-party host. However, the source is still a prebuilt binary from a personal/small-project host rather than a well-known distribution platform, uses MD5 checksums (weak, though present), and installs the binary directly to /opt and /usr/bin. The risk is real but typical for AUR packages that ship prebuilt binaries from the upstream author's own site — supply-chain risk exists if the host is compromised, but there is no evidence of malice. This fits the medium category: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host with weak integrity verification.

Triggered rules

Medium source=() URL on a non-standard host source_untrusted_domain

One or more source=() URLs point to a host outside the trusted allowlist (github.com, gitlab.com, codeberg.org, pypi.org, …).

PKGBUILD:11 source=("http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-lin-x64.zip"

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The PKGBUILD downloads a prebuilt x86_64 binary (PhoenixEmuProject) from arts-union.ru, which is the upstream developer's own website (the url= field points to the same domain). This is a legitimate emulator project hosted by its author, not a random third-party host. However, the source is still a prebuilt binary from a personal/small-project host rather than a well-known distribution platform, uses MD5 checksums (weak, though present), and installs the binary directly to /opt and /usr/bin. The risk is real but typical for AUR packages that ship prebuilt binaries from the upstream author's own site — supply-chain risk exists if the host is compromised, but there is no evidence of malice. This fits the medium category: an executed binary from an unofficial/personal host with weak integrity verification.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Viachaslau Khalikin <vkhinegret@gmail.com>
    
      2
    
      3pkgname=phoenix-emu-project
    
      4pkgver=2.8.JAG
    
      5pkgrel=2
    
      6pkgdesc="An emulator of ColecoVision, Sega Master System, Atari Jaguar and 3DO consoles."
    
      7url="http://www.arts-union.ru/node/23"
    
      8license=('custom')
    
      9arch=('x86_64')
    
      10depends=('qt5-base' 'openal' 'glu')
    
      11source=("http://www.arts-union.ru/sites/default/files/ph28jag-lin-x64.zip"
    
      12        phoenix-emu-project.desktop
    
      13        phoenix-emu-project
    
      14        translation.xml.eng)
    
      15md5sums=('d2cdf18c76afac1b3e58325d58f91272'
    
      16         '7f9b5652c512887d7e034cc8c07b2045'
    
      17         '4272bb20b1c1d8499bd08839faeaaf55'
    
      18         '5acbb45a6a1df36eddc3123273595c12')
    
      19prepare() {
    
      20  echo
    
      21}
    
      22package() {
    
      23  cd "$srcdir"
    
      24  # about licenses
    
      25  install -d "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/phoenix-emu-project"
    
      26  install -m644 licenses.txt "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/phoenix-emu-project"
    
      27  # startup script and executable
    
      28  install -d "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/"{,scalers,shaders,skin{,/rc}}  
    
      29  install -Dm755 PhoenixEmuProject "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/"
    
      30  install -Dm755 phoenix-emu-project "$pkgdir/usr/bin/phoenix-emu-project"
    
      31  install -Dm644 scalers/* "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/scalers/"
    
      32  install -Dm644 shaders/* "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/shaders/"
    
      33  install -Dm644 skin/style.* "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/skin/"
    
      34  install -Dm644 skin/rc/* "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/skin/rc"
    
      35  install -Dm644 translation.xml.eng "$pkgdir/opt/phoenix-emu-project/"
    
      36  # desktop icon
    
      37  install -Dm645 phoenix-emu-project.desktop "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/phoenix-emu-project.desktop"
    
      38  install -Dm644 logo.png "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/phoenix-emu-project-logo.png"
    
      39}
    
      40

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-09-17 00:27:14	Medium	2
2026-09-16 00:03:17	Medium	2
2026-09-15 00:25:31	Medium	2
2026-09-14 00:27:57	Medium	2
2026-09-13 00:19:54	Medium	2
2026-09-12 00:25:17	Medium	2
2026-09-11 00:19:22	Medium	2
2026-09-10 00:22:44	Medium	2
2026-09-09 00:04:09	Medium	2
2026-09-08 00:18:08	Medium	2
2026-09-07 00:30:15	Medium	2
2026-09-06 00:17:06	Medium	2
2026-09-05 00:16:27	Medium	2
2026-09-04 00:03:13	Medium	2
2026-09-03 00:15:47	Medium	2
2026-09-02 00:02:31	Medium	2
2026-09-01 00:11:19	Medium	2
2026-08-31 00:19:57	Medium	2
2026-08-30 00:04:14	Medium	2
2026-08-29 00:29:17	Medium	2