CVE-2017-15357

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

7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 65th percentile

Published

2017-12-01

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-15305
• CVE-2017-15358
• CVE-2017-15303
• CVE-2017-15359
• CVE-2017-15302
• CVE-2017-15360