Privilege escalation in CleanMyMac X - CVE-2018-4046
Published: January 7, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16826
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4046
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MacPaw
Affected software:
CleanMyMac X
CleanMyMac X
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists in the `pleaseTerminate` function of the helper protocol due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can terminate a privileged helper application.
The weakness exists in the `pleaseTerminate` function of the helper protocol due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local attacker can terminate a privileged helper application.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4046
Update to version 4.2.0.