What is CVE-2018-4037?

CVE-2018-4037 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-2018-4037?

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

Improper input validation in Macpaw Cleanmymac X

CVE-2018-4037

The CleanMyMac X software contains an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root.

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-2018-4037?: CVE-2018-4037 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-2018-4037?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.