CVE-2019-5011

CVSS V2 Medium 6.6 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-5011
  • Assigner
  • talos-cna@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-03-21T16:01:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-13T18:59:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-459 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/459.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:macpaw:cleanmymac_x:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 9.2
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0759 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5011
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5011
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:14 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:25:04 2019-03-21T16:01Z 2019-03-21T16:01:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 18:25:04 2022-06-13T18:59:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 18:25:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated