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CVE-2018-4036

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4036 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in MacPaw CleanMyMac X, stemming from improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this to modify kernel extensions, impacting system integrity. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and has a low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one article covering the issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:macpaw:cleanmymac_x:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0709
Third Party Advisory