CVE-2018-4032: Macpaw Cleanmymac X

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the way the CleanMyMac X software improperly validates inputs. An attacker with local access could 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

• Macpaw Cleanmymac X: version 4.04 only

Published 2019-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.