AutoJack Attack Lets One Web Page Hijack AI Agent for Host Code Execution

Microsoft researchers have detailed an exploit chain, named AutoJack, that turns an AI browsing agent into a delivery vehicle for remote code execution.

Steer the agent to load an attacker’s web page, and that page’s JavaScript can reach a privileged local service on the same machine and spawn a process on the host.

No credentials, no sign-in screen, and no further user interaction once

Source: The Hacker News