CVE-2018-4034 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in CleanMyMac X, stemming from improper input validation. An attacker with local access could leverage this flaw to modify the file system with root privileges. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and has low attack complexity, with a high impact on integrity but no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it did receive limited 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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.