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01 Record

CVE-2018-4043

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, helper service due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: talos
CNA base score7.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
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02 Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, helper service due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 42.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-01-10 15:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 05:04Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-01-02
Assigning CNA
talos
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
High (CVSS 7.1)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
c0268ec021acbe44e29b45c7de2b367fc5d1ac28b479c5ab203b5e25bf8de47e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aClean My MacClean My Mac X 4.04—

06 References