PT-2019-10777 · Macpaw · Cleanmymac X

Published 2019-01-10 · Updated 2022-06-07 · CVE-2018-4047

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 version 4.04, consider disabling the helper service as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict local access to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-4047

Affected Products

Cleanmymac X

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4047 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4047 · Security Note
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0721 · Note