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TI-2018-07208 Aliases CVE-2018-10171GHSA-42mf-h3p8-mw7f

Kromtech MacKeeper 3.20.4 suffers from a root privilege escalation vulnerability through…

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Kromtech 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01761 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kromtech:mackeeper:3.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.4VulnerableKromtech
  • cpe:2.3:a:kromtech:mackeeper:3.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.4 Vulnerable ·Kromtech

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-10171
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-42mf-h3p8-mw7f

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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