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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.html | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/ | Exploit VDB Entry Third Party Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-12-01T17:00:00
Updated: 2017-12-19T10:57:01
Reserved: 2017-10-15T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-15357
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-12-01T17:29:00.433
Modified: 2020-05-04T13:19:47.447
Link: CVE-2017-15357
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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