CleanMyMac X input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CleanMyMac X and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-4036. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CleanMyMac X (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The CleanMyMac X software contains an exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper input validation. An attacker with local access could use this vulnerability to modify the running kernel extensions on the system.

The bug was discovered 01/02/2019. The weakness was presented 01/10/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-4036 since 01/02/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-129017, VDB-129016, VDB-129015 and VDB-129014 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/02/2018 🔍
01/02/2019 +365 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +8 days 🔍
01/10/2019 +0 days 🔍
01/11/2019 +1 days 🔍
06/26/2023 +1627 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: talosintelligence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4036 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4036
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2019 08:21
Updated: 06/26/2023 09:43
Changes: 01/11/2019 08:21 (54), 04/28/2020 16:06 (1), 06/26/2023 09:43 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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