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CVE-2017-15357

CVE-2017-15357

EPSS 1.2%
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
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 2
cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218unverified
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References
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.htmlhttps://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.htmlhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/