CVE-2018-4041 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the helper service of CleanMyMac X, version 4.04, stemming from improper input validation. A local attacker could leverage this to gain root privileges and modify the file system. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access but has low attack complexity and high impact on integrity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| 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.