CVE-2018-4041

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 vulnerability to modify the file system as root.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aClean My MacClean My Mac X 4.04

References

Timeline

Published
Jan 10, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-4041: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix