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CVE-2018-4044
An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input…
High7.1EPSS 0.31%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
- Improper Input Validation
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Clean My Mac
- affected Clean My Mac X 4.04
References (1)
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0718 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .