Description
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, helper service due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
Published: 2019-01-10
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15829 An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, helper service due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
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Macpaw Cleanmymac X
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:28.630Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-4043

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-10T15:29:00.643

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:36.203

Link: CVE-2018-4043

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