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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54595

Pearcleaner is a free, source-available and fair-code licensed mac app cleaner.

Published Aug 1, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 1, 2025 · Pearcleaner

Check this week

CVE-2025-54595 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Pearcleaner.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
18.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor alienator88 Pearcleaner 4.4.0, < 4.5.2

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

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • vendor alienator88 Pearcleaner 4.4.0, < 4.5.24.4.0, < 4.5.2

How to fix CVE-2025-54595

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-54595 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 18.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Pearcleaner.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with alienator88 Pearcleaner 4.4.0, < 4.5.2 4.4.0, < 4.5.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 18.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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

  2. Aug 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54595

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23383

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Aug 1, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.