CVE-2018-4043

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, helper service due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

• CWE-20

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0717Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0717Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jan 10, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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