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01 Record

CVE-2018-4044

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this

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 helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this

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
0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 23.4% 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
28ed844d28b1c31cc49bca04262cdc2920e837b7339b4a141c10fb9271ece38e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aClean My MacClean My Mac X 4.04—

06 References