CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-4046
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to terminate a privileged helper application. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.
Affected configurations
• macpaw cleanmymac x 4.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0720 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0720 Third Party Advisory