Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in CleanMyMac X
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Vulnerability Spotlight: Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in CleanMyMac X
Tyler Bohan of Cisco Talos discovered these vulnerabilities.
Executive summary
Today, Cisco Talos is disclosing several vulnerabilities in MacPaw’s CleanMyMac X software. CleanMyMac X is a cleanup application for Mac operating systems that allows users to free up extra space on their machines by scanning for unused or unnecessary files and deleting them. In all of these bugs, an attacker with local access to the victim machine could modify the file system as root.
In accordance with our coordinated disclosure policy, Cisco Talos worked with MacPaw to ensure that these issues are resolved and that an update is available for affected customers.
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