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CVE-2017-15357

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-12-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

• Arqbackup Arq: before 5.9.7 — fixed in 5.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Arqbackup Arq 5.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

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/
• 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/

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