CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-5011

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-03-21 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-03-21
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:H/A:N
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])
6.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-459

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service CleanMyMac X, version 4.20, due to improper updating. The application failed to remove the vulnerable components upon upgrading to the latest version, leaving the user open to attack. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Affected configurations

• macpaw cleanmymac x 4.20

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness

References