axiom-test-simulator

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 5, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill recommends installing the axe utility via a third-party Homebrew tap (cameroncooke/axe/axe). This repository is not from a trusted organization or well-known service, presenting a potential supply chain risk.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Extensive shell command usage is present for simulator control and data processing. This includes aggressive process management such as killall -9 Simulator DeviceHub and using kill -INT on background process IDs.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill provides commands to modify the security environment of the simulator by adding root certificates to the keychain (xcrun simctl keychain booted add-root-cert). While legitimate for certain testing scenarios, this capability allows for the interception of encrypted network traffic.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill accesses sensitive information by reading system crash logs (~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/*.ips) and inspecting application sandbox data via xcrun simctl get_app_container. It also utilizes simctl diagnose, which is noted to potentially collect private user data.
  • [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The agent's behavior is influenced by processing external, potentially untrusted data sources such as application UI trees (axe describe-ui), system logs, and project configuration files.
  • Ingestion points: Data is ingested from xcrun simctl list outputs, accessibility trees via axe, crash report files, and .axiom/preferences.yaml.
  • Boundary markers: There are no clear delimiters or instructions to ignore embedded commands within the data being processed.
  • Capability inventory: The skill possesses broad capabilities including file system writes, process termination, and simulator-level administrative controls.
  • Sanitization: There is no evidence of sanitization or input validation for data retrieved from simulators or diagnostic logs before it is processed by the agent.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Oct 5, 2026, 10:44 PM