the-dark-mod-bin

maintainer HMK · 3 votes · scanned 2026-08-03 00:08:14.047287

LOW

Why flagged The package downloads a prebuilt installer from a web archive snapshot of the official update server, which is non-standard but plausibly the project's own source; the installer is run in an isolated Xvfb session to extract game files, which is part of normal packaging for this binary-only game, and no obfuscated or malicious behavior is observed.

Triggered rules

LOW AI review downgraded a static finding llm_review

The static rules flagged this MEDIUM, but an AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed the full PKGBUILD and judged it LOW (confidence 95%): The package downloads a prebuilt installer from a web archive snapshot of the official update server, which is non-standard but plausibly the project's own source; the installer is run in an isolated Xvfb session to extract game files, which is part of normal packaging for this binary-only game, and no obfuscated or malicious behavior is observed.

1 higher static finding superseded - not the current verdict (shown for transparency)

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=('https://web.archive.org/web/20260729210301if_/https://update.thedarkmod.com/zipsync/tdm_installer.linux64.zip')

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: Herbert Knapp
    
      2pkgname="the-dark-mod-bin"
    
      3pkgver=2.14
    
      4pkgrel=1
    
      5pkgdesc="First person stealth game inspired by the Thief series based on id Tech 4 engine"
    
      6arch=('x86_64')
    
      7url="https://www.thedarkmod.com/"
    
      8license=('unknown')
    
      9options=(!strip)
    
      10makedepends=('xorg-server-xvfb' 'imagemagick' 'p7zip')
    
      11source=('https://web.archive.org/web/20260729210301if_/https://update.thedarkmod.com/zipsync/tdm_installer.linux64.zip')
    
      12sha256sums=('7ae4be6d8d45c7ed0e1a911e2dd6e8df3c0bf5247d7f37f2ae408c822bf035f7')
    
      13prepare() {
    
      14  chmod +x "${srcdir}/tdm_installer.linux64"
    
      15}
    
      16package() {
    
      17
    
      18  cd ${pkgdir}
    
      19  Xvfb :98 -screen 0 1024x768x24 -nolisten tcp &
    
      20  while ! xdpyinfo -display :98 >/dev/null 2>&1; do
    
      21    sleep 0.1
    
      22  done
    
      23  DISPLAY=:98 "${srcdir}/tdm_installer.linux64" --unattended
    
      24
    
      25  rm "${srcdir}/tdm_installer.linux64" "${srcdir}/"tdm_installer_*.log
    
      26  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games/thedarkmod/" "${pkgdir}/usr/bin"
    
      27  mv "${srcdir}/"* "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games/thedarkmod/"
    
      28  echo '#!/bin/bash' > "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/thedarkmod"
    
      29  echo '[[ ! -w /usr/share/games/thedarkmod || ! -w /usr/share/games/thedarkmod/fms ]] && echo "##" && echo "To enable mission download run: sudo chown -R $USER /usr/share/games/thedarkmod/" && echo "##" && sleep 4' >> "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/thedarkmod" 
    
      30  echo 'cd /usr/share/games/thedarkmod/ && ./thedarkmod.x64 $@' >> "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/thedarkmod"
    
      31  chmod +x "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/thedarkmod"
    
      32
    
      33  # Extract icon
    
      34  _tmp=$(mktemp -d)
    
      35  cd ${_tmp}
    
      36  7z x "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games/thedarkmod/TheDarkModx64.exe"
    
      37  convert .rsrc/ICON/12.ico -thumbnail 32x32 -alpha on -background none -flatten "${pkgdir}/usr/share/games/thedarkmod/icon.png"
    
      38  rm -r ${_tmp}
    
      39
    
      40  mkdir -p "${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications" 
    
      41  _desktop="${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/thedarkmod.desktop"
    
      42  echo '[Desktop Entry]' > ${_desktop}
    
      43  echo 'Type=Application' >> ${_desktop}
    
      44  echo "Name=The Dark Mod ${pkgver}" >> ${_desktop}
    
      45  echo "Comment=${pkgdesc}" >> ${_desktop}
    
      46  echo 'Exec=thedarkmod' >> ${_desktop}
    
      47  echo "Icon=/usr/share/games/thedarkmod/icon.png" >> ${_desktop}
    
      48  echo 'Terminal=false' >> ${_desktop}
    
      49  echo 'Categories=Games;ActionGame;' >> ${_desktop}
    
      50
    
      51  echo "###############################################"
    
      52  echo "To enable mission download execute:"
    
      53  echo 'sudo chown -R $USER /usr/share/games/thedarkmod'
    
      54  echo "###############################################"
    
      55} 
    
      56
    
      57

Changes since previous scan

--- PKGBUILD @ 2026-07-29 00:25
+++ PKGBUILD @ 2026-08-03 00:08
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Maintainer: Herbert Knapp
 pkgname="the-dark-mod-bin"
-pkgver=2.13
+pkgver=2.14
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="First person stealth game inspired by the Thief series based on id Tech 4 engine"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 license=('unknown')
 options=(!strip)
 makedepends=('xorg-server-xvfb' 'imagemagick' 'p7zip')
-source=('https://web.archive.org/web/20250324182204if_/https://update.thedarkmod.com/zipsync/tdm_installer.linux64.zip')
-sha256sums=('56754940823a49d07bd63efcba88a4f58ecd52cc0b3d244c49fdc996f37a687d')
+source=('https://web.archive.org/web/20260729210301if_/https://update.thedarkmod.com/zipsync/tdm_installer.linux64.zip')
+sha256sums=('7ae4be6d8d45c7ed0e1a911e2dd6e8df3c0bf5247d7f37f2ae408c822bf035f7')
 prepare() {
   chmod +x "${srcdir}/tdm_installer.linux64"
 }

Scan history

Scanned at (UTC)	Severity	Rules
2026-08-03 00:08:14	LOW	2
2026-08-02 00:16:08	LOW	2
2026-08-01 00:11:18	LOW	2
2026-07-31 00:14:10	LOW	2
2026-07-30 00:17:23	LOW	2
2026-07-29 23:13:22	MEDIUM	1
2026-07-29 00:25:53	LOW	2
2026-07-28 00:07:28	LOW	2
2026-07-27 00:24:32	LOW	2
2026-07-26 00:07:32	LOW	2
2026-07-25 00:13:44	LOW	2
2026-07-24 00:02:28	LOW	2
2026-07-23 00:14:47	LOW	2
2026-07-22 00:29:32	LOW	2
2026-07-21 00:24:15	LOW	2
2026-07-20 00:19:49	LOW	2
2026-07-19 00:17:08	LOW	2
2026-07-18 00:14:48	LOW	2
2026-07-17 00:06:16	LOW	2
2026-07-16 00:05:41	LOW	2