CVE-2018-4033 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in CleanMyMac X software, stemming from improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this to modify the file system with root privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog. Despite limited community discussion, the vulnerability received media coverage, suggesting some awareness.
| 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
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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.