Security audit
agent-desktop-macos
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
Overview
This macOS desktop automation guide clearly explains its permissions and uses them consistently with its stated purpose.
Accessibility lets the launching app read and control desktop interfaces. Grant it only to a trusted launcher, enable Screen Recording when needed, and revoke permissions afterward if you no longer use automation. Both scanners reported no findings, consistent with the inspected documentation; the external agent-desktop runtime was not included.
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
- Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
- Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
- 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