{"cve":"CVE-2025-52573","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-26T14:15:30.577","modified":"2026-06-17T09:36:42.280","status":"Deferred","description":"iOS Simulator MCP Server (ios-simulator-mcp) is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with iOS simulators. Versions prior to 1.3.3 are written in a way that is vulnerable to command injection vulnerability attacks as part of some of its MCP Server tool definition and implementation. The MCP Server exposes the tool `ui_tap` which relies on Node.js child process API `exec` which is an unsafe and vulnerable API if concatenated with untrusted user input. LLM exposed user input for `duration`, `udid`, and `x` and `y` args can be replaced with shell meta-characters like `;` or `&&` or others to change the behavior from running the expected command `idb` to another command. When LLMs are tricked through prompt injection (and other techniques and attack vectors) to call the tool with input that uses special shell characters such as `; rm -rf /tmp;#` and other payload variations, the full command-line text will be interepted by the shell and result in other commands except of `ps` executing on the host running the MCP Server. Version 1.3.3 contains a patch for the issue.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","score":6.0},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/blob/main/src/index.ts#L166-L207","https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/commit/eb53a4f2cc8bbeb13e8d6d930f00167befcdb809","https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/releases/tag/v1.3.3","https://github.com/joshuayoes/ios-simulator-mcp/security/advisories/GHSA-6f6r-m9pv-67jw"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-52573","score":0.00656,"percentile":0.51412,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6f6r-m9pv-67jw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6f6r-m9pv-67jw","summary":"iOS Simulator MCP Command Injection allowed via exec API","modified":"2025-06-26T21:44:42.182968Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ios-simulator-mcp","purl":"pkg:npm/ios-simulator-mcp","ranges":["<1.3.3"],"fixed":["1.3.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}