CVE-2018-4043

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.0

7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

EPSS

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 41th percentile

Published

2019-01-10

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0717

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-4040
• CVE-2018-4048
• CVE-2018-4039
• CVE-2018-4054
• CVE-2018-4038
• CVE-2018-4055