CVE-2018-10171 — Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component

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CRITICAL

Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component

Published Jun 5, 2019

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CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.76%

Description

Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component. The AdwareAnalzyerPrivilegedHelper tool implements an XPC service that allows an unprivileged application to connect and execute shell scripts as the root user.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.76% 0.01761

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01761

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.76% (0.01761)	77.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.76% (0.01761)	75.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.22% (0.00222)	60.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.22% (0.00222)	60.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.22% (0.00222)	58.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	9.79th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	25.53th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1