CVE-2018-4046

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the helper service of Clean My Mac X, version 4.04, due to improper input validation. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to terminate a privileged helper application. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Affected products

Clean My Mac: 4.04

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0720
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0720

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