CVE-2018-4041 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2019-01-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Clean My Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Clean My Mac X 4.04`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:macpaw:cleanmymac_x:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-15827	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0715

History

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Subscriptions

Macpaw Cleanmymac X

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2019-01-10T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:04:28.556Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4041

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-10T15:29:00.567

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:35.870

Link: CVE-2018-4041

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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