7.1high
CVE-2018-4041
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input valid…
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.1
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 24%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N |
Affected products
- n/a Clean My Mac
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0715 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-4041
- NVD: CVE-2018-4041
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