PT-2019-10773 · Macpaw · Cleanmymac X

Published 2019-01-10 · Updated 2022-06-07 · CVE-2018-4043

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, allowing a user with local access to modify the file system as root. An attacker needs local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Recommendations For version 4.04, consider restricting local access to the machine until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the helper service until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4043

Affected Products

Cleanmymac X

References · 3

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0717 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4043 · Security Note