PT-2019-10771 · Macpaw · Cleanmymac X

Published 2019-01-10 · Updated 2022-06-07 · CVE-2018-4041

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Clean My Mac X version 4.04

Description A privilege escalation issue exists due to improper input validation in the helper service. This allows an attacker with local access to modify the file system as root.

Recommendations For Clean My Mac X version 4.04, update to a version that addresses the improper input validation issue in the helper service to prevent privilege escalation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4041

Affected Products

Cleanmymac X

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4041 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4041 · Security Note
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0715 · Note