CVE-2018-4046 Denial of service in Clean My Mac
A local attacker can terminate a privileged helper application in Clean My Mac X due to improper input validation, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-4046?
CVE-2018-4046 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Clean My Mac, published on 10 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-4046?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Macpaw Cleanmymac X.
How do I fix CVE-2018-4046?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-4046 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-4046 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-4046 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Clean My Mac
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4x69-m5qq-6fv9.