CVE-2017-15357
HighPublished
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...
- Published
- Dec 1, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Dec 6, 2017
Primary CVSS
7.4/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H0.9%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 56.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Mark Wadham · macos · Dec 6, 2017
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