CVE-2018-10171

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component. The AdwareAnalzyerPrivilegedHelper tool implements an XPC service that allows an unprivileged application to connect and execute shell scripts as the root user.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://versprite.com/advisories/mackeeper/Third Party Advisory
https://versprite.com/advisories/mackeeper/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 5, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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