{
 "public_id": "AIR-2024-0045",
 "incident_id": "2024-10-anthropic-claude-computer-use-zombais",
 "date_disclosed": "2024-10-24",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "ZombAIs: from prompt injection to command and control with Claude Computer Use",
 "class": "research_demo",
 "attack_surface": "computer_use_agent",
 "initial_vector": "indirect_prompt_injection_web_content",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "web_browsing",
  "file_download",
  "shell_command_execution",
  "browser_navigation"
 ],
 "target_product": "Claude Computer Use (beta)",
 "target_vendor": "Anthropic",
 "autonomy_level": "semi_autonomous",
 "impact_realized": false,
 "impact_type": [
  "remote_code_execution",
  "c2_control",
  "persistent_compromise"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "hosts running Claude Computer Use against untrusted web content",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI01",
   "ASI06",
   "ASI05"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "zombai",
   "c2",
   "computer_use",
   "indirect_prompt_injection",
   "malware_execution",
   "sliver",
   "agent_as_initial_access"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": "Anthropic documents the risk; no technical control",
 "defense_bypassed": true,
 "fix_shipped": "none - Anthropic treats this as a known beta-feature risk",
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2024/claude-computer-use-c2-the-zombais-are-coming/"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "This blog post demonstrates that it's possible to leverage prompt injection to achieve, old school, command and control (C2) when giving novel AI systems access to computers.",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "Johann Rehberger. Published days after Computer Use launched; coined the ZombAI term. | Merged from duplicate id `2024-10-anthropic-computer-use-zombai`. Also reported as: 'ZombAIs: prompt injection turns Claude Computer Use into a C2 implant host'.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [],
 "risk_subcategory": "Prompt Injection",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [
  "Remote Code Execution & Sandbox Escape",
  "Persistence & Covert C2"
 ],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "the agent downloaded and ran the C2 payload",
 "vector_family": "indirect_prompt_injection",
 "vector_detail": "indirect_prompt_injection_web_content",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI01",
 "agent_framework": "claude_computer_use",
 "model_provider": "anthropic",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "external_researcher",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "privilege_escalation",
 "eai_domain": "access_control_and_permissions",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "confused_deputy"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "impact rule: privilege_escalation",
 "asi_curated": [
  "ASI01",
  "ASI06"
 ],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "curated_plus_rule",
 "asi_reason": "curated: ASI01,ASI06 | added ASI05 (impact=code_exec)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}