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CVE-2018-4042 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0716	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0716	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
macpaw cleanmymac x	4.04
CPE cpe:2.3:a:macpaw:cleanmymac_x:4.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 7, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 16, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]