CVE-2018-4042

MEDIUM

5.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published1/10/2019

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

macpaw:cleanmymac_x

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0716(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0716(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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