What is CVE-2018-4036?

CVE-2018-4036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Macpaw Cleanmymac X, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-01-10.

How severe is CVE-2018-4036?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Macpaw Cleanmymac X

CVE-2018-4036

The CleanMyMac X software contains an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could use this vulnerability to modify the running kernel extensions on the system.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Macpaw Cleanmymac_x — versions 4.04
N/a Clean My Mac — versions Clean My Mac X 4.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-4036?: CVE-2018-4036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Macpaw Cleanmymac X, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-01-10.
How severe is CVE-2018-4036?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.