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CVE-2018-4045

HIGH
Published 2019-01-10T15:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.1
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.130
Higher than 13.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-82rc-vqq9-wwh8

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4045
WEB https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0719

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0719
Published: 2019-01-10T15:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T05:04:28.774Z
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