Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 5, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10171
CVE-2018-10171
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Kromtech/MacKeeperdescription
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References
1- versprite.com/advisories/mackeeper/nvdThird Party Advisory
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