VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-4041
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to modify the file system as root.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- macpaw/cleanmymac x
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0715Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0715Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.