CVE-2017-15357
The setpermissions function in the auto-updater in Arq before 5.9.7 for Mac allows local users to...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-15357- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-15357- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6813 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-6813- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-28f2-gw74-5cpj
The setpermissions function in the auto-updater in Arq before 5.9.7 for Mac allows local users to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-28f2-gw74-5cpj- CVSS 3.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Arq 5.9.6 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2017-12-06 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-15357 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Arqbackup Arq, published December 1, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.