High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Dec 1, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-15357

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.

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Affected products

Arqbackup/Arq
cpe:2.3:a:arqbackup:arq:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Range: <5.9.7
Arq/Arqllm-fuzzy
Range: <5.9.7

Patches

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References

m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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