CVE-2018-4037 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in CleanMyMac X software, allowing a local attacker to modify the file system as root due to improper input validation. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires local access and low privileges, but its impact is high for integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei. While it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, it is not on the KEV or Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:macpaw:cleanmymac_x:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.