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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2018-4034

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

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

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published