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…

published December 1, 2017

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01155 · 66.6th percentile
Published
2017-12-01T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 DEC 17:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5