CVE-2017-15357
HIGH 7.4EPSS 1.2%
The setpermissions function in the auto-updater in Arq before 5.9.7 for Mac allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the updater binary itself.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.4 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile
- Published
- 2017-12-01
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.html
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.html