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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.4 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-12-01

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-362, CWE-59

Affected products

• Arq (Arqbackup)

References

• https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.html
• https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.html
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/