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CVE-2019-5011

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-459

Description

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the helper service CleanMyMac X, version 4.20, due to improper updating. The application failed to remove the vulnerable components upon upgrading to the latest version, leaving the user open to attack. A user with local access can use this vulnerability to modify the file system as root. An attacker would need local access to the machine for a successful exploit.

Affected products

• Clean My Mac: 4.20

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0759
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0759

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