CVE-2017-15357

moderate-risk

Published 2017-12-01

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.

Do I need to act?

0.64% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

1 public exploit available

43218

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.4/10 High

LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Arq

Affected Vendors

Arqbackup

References (6)

Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.html

Release Notes https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.html

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

Exploit https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.html

Release Notes https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.html

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

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moderate-risk

Severity 19/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 9/34 · Low

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal