wonderpen-bin

MEDIUM

maintainer orphaned 0 votes scanned 2026-09-17 00:27:14.276658

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Why flagged

The package downloads a prebuilt binary .deb from file.tominlab.com, which is the vendor's own file hosting subdomain (tominlab.com is the developer of WonderPen). This is a legitimate proprietary application distributed by its developer, not a random personal host. However, it is still a prebuilt binary from a non-official distribution channel (not a distro mirror or well-known CDN), and the vendor hosts it on a subdomain rather than GitHub releases or similar. The sha256sum is pinned, which mitigates substitution risk somewhat. The binary is executed directly (Electron app installed to /opt/WonderPen/wonderpen). This is a standard pattern for proprietary -bin AUR packages, but the combination of a prebuilt binary from a vendor-controlled subdomain with no additional verification (no GPG signature) keeps this at medium rather than clean — it's a real supply-chain concern if the host is compromised, even if not clearly malicious.

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:14 source=("https://file.tominlab.com/WonderPen/${pkgver%.*}/WonderPen_linux_amd64_${pkgver}(${_pkgver}).deb")

Medium AI review llm_review

An AI model (anthropic/claude-4.6-sonnet-20260217) reviewed this and agrees it is MEDIUM (confidence 72%): The package downloads a prebuilt binary .deb from file.tominlab.com, which is the vendor's own file hosting subdomain (tominlab.com is the developer of WonderPen). This is a legitimate proprietary application distributed by its developer, not a random personal host. However, it is still a prebuilt binary from a non-official distribution channel (not a distro mirror or well-known CDN), and the vendor hosts it on a subdomain rather than GitHub releases or similar. The sha256sum is pinned, which mitigates substitution risk somewhat. The binary is executed directly (Electron app installed to /opt/WonderPen/wonderpen). This is a standard pattern for proprietary -bin AUR packages, but the combination of a prebuilt binary from a vendor-controlled subdomain with no additional verification (no GPG signature) keeps this at medium rather than clean — it's a real supply-chain concern if the host is compromised, even if not clearly malicious.

PKGBUILD

1 offending line(s) highlighted

      1# Maintainer: hu3rror <hu3rror@protonmail.com>
    
      2# Contributor: ventusliberum <dafeinayius@gmail.com>
    
      3
    
      4pkgname=wonderpen-bin
    
      5pkgver=2.6.8
    
      6_pkgver=7816
    
      7pkgrel=1
    
      8pkgdesc='A professional writing app with a focused mode and markdown support'
    
      9arch=('x86_64')
    
      10url='https://www.tominlab.com/en/wonderpen'
    
      11license=('custom')
    
      12depends=('libappindicator-gtk3' 'libnotify' 'libxss' 'nss' 'xdg-utils')
    
      13provides=('wonderpen')
    
      14source=("https://file.tominlab.com/WonderPen/${pkgver%.*}/WonderPen_linux_amd64_${pkgver}(${_pkgver}).deb")
    
      15sha256sums=('f3579b2fca14ca0766cd7e63b5c92a66927d56551f5d271d393323f97882f072')
    
      16
    
      17package() {
    
      18	# Install
    
      19	cd "${srcdir}"
    
      20	tar -xJf data.tar.xz -C "${pkgdir}"
    
      21	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin
    
      22	ln -s /opt/WonderPen/wonderpen "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/wonderpen
    
      23	sed -i 's|^Exec=/opt/WonderPen/wonderpen %U|Exec=wonderpen %F|g' "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/applications/wonderpen.desktop
    
      24	install -Dm 644 "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/wonderpen.png "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/pixmaps/wonderpen.png
    
      25}

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