CVE-2018-10171

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-10171
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-05 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionKromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through its `com.mackeeper.AdwareAnalyzer.AdwareAnalyzerPrivilegedHelper` component. The AdwareAnalzyerPrivilegedHelper tool implements an XPC service that allows an unprivileged application to connect and execute shell scripts as the root user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kromtech Mackeeper 3.20.4 All All All
Application Kromtech Mackeeper 3.20.4 All All All

References

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