{"id":9522,"date":"2025-08-01T14:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=9522"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:21:26","slug":"pearcleaners-unauthenticated-access-to-privileged-xpc-helper-allows-root-command-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=9522","title":{"rendered":"Pearcleaner&#8217;s unauthenticated access to privileged XPC helper allows root command execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #333; border-bottom: 2px solid #ff6600; padding-bottom: 10px;\">CVE Details<\/h2>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(300px, 1fr)); gap: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">Basic Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Title<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Pearcleaner&#8217;s unauthenticated access to privileged XPC helper allows root command execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Type<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">cve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Published<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-08-01T18:06:23.948Z<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Modified<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">2025-08-01T18:21:50.407Z<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">Product Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Vendor<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">alienator88<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Product<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Pearcleaner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Version<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">>= 4.4.0, < 4.5.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">CVSS Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Base Score<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; color: #ff6600; font-weight: bold;\">7.3 (HIGH)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Attack Vector<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">CVSS:3.1\/AV:L\/AC:L\/PR:L\/UI:R\/S:U\/C:H\/I:H\/A:H<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">Affected Products<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li>alienator88 Pearcleaner >= 4.4.0, < 4.5.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">Additional Information<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width:100%; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">CWE List<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">CWE-78, CWE-269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left; padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Source<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">GitHub_M<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">Description<\/h3>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; \">Pearcleaner is a free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner. The PearcleanerHelper is a privileged helper tool bundled with the Pearcleaner application. It is registered and activated only after the user approves a system prompt to allow privileged operations. Upon approval, the helper is configured as a LaunchDaemon and runs with root privileges. In versions 4.4.0 through 4.5.1, the helper registers an XPC service (com.alienator88.Pearcleaner.PearcleanerHelper) and accepts unauthenticated connections from any local process. It exposes a method that executes arbitrary shell commands. This allows any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges to root once the helper is approved and active. This issue is fixed in version 4.5.2.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px; border-radius: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 0; \">References<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/security\/advisories\/GHSA-gr2j-65fh-8pvc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/security\/advisories\/GHSA-gr2j-65fh-8pvc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/issues\/278\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/issues\/278<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/commit\/69afadfa95791cb998118ca35c227007b230b984\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/commit\/69afadfa95791cb998118ca35c227007b230b984<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/releases\/tag\/4.5.2\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/github.com\/alienator88\/Pearcleaner\/releases\/tag\/4.5.2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 30px;\">\n<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #4CAF50; color: white; padding: 12px 24px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 4px; font-weight: bold; transition: background-color 0.3s;\">View Full CVE Details<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CVE Details Basic Information Title Pearcleaner&#8217;s unauthenticated access to privileged XPC helper allows root command execution Type cve Published 2025-08-01T18:06:23.948Z Modified 2025-08-01T18:21:50.407Z Product Information Vendor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,8,47,12,15,13,7,11,5],"class_list":["post-9522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category_cve","tag-cve","tag-cvss","tag-cvss-73","tag-exploit","tag-high","tag-news","tag-security","tag-tapic","tag-vulnerability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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