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Apple Media Remote (for HomePod, Apple TV, etc)

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This skill appears to be a disclosed Apple media control helper, with some normal device-control risks users should understand.

Install only if you want an agent to control your Apple media devices. Use it with trusted prompts, stream only intended media files or URLs, and protect ~/.pyatv.conf because it may contain pairing credentials for your devices.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Low
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding
The skill explicitly states that pairing credentials are stored automatically in ~/.pyatv.conf, but it does not warn users that this creates a local credential artifact that may be readable by other local processes or included in backups. In a device-control skill, silently persisting authentication material is a legitimate security concern, though the exposure is limited to local system compromise or mishandling of the file.

VirusTotal

65/65 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.