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An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service CleanMyMac X, version 4.20, due to improper updating

Published Mar 21, 2019

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 products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (2)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner talos
Published Mar 21, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Jan 4, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner talos
Published Mar 21, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2019-14618