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Security audit

macOS Automator

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a local macOS Automator helper with disclosed controls for workflow execution, file writes, and destructive actions.

Install only if you want an agent to help run and edit local macOS Automator workflows. Review workflow paths and side effects before confirming runs, especially workflows that modify, delete, overwrite, or batch-change files or app data.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
  • Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
  • Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Credential Access

High
Category
Privilege Escalation
Content
- None by default.

**This skill does NOT:**
- Access credentials outside the workflow request scope.
- Send workflow content to third-party services.
- Execute destructive automation without explicit confirmation.
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding
Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.