Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component. The AdwareAnalzyerPrivilegedHelper tool implements an XPC service that allows an unprivileged application to connect and execute shell scripts as the root user.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-05T21:52:43

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:32:01.567Z

Reserved: 2018-04-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-10171

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-06-05T22:29:00.223

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140

Link: CVE-2018-10171

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