CVE-2018-4044 HIGH

CVE-2018-4044

Vendor N/A
Product Clean My Mac
Published January 10, 2019
Last update August 5, 2024

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 10, 2019 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated