High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-15358

Description

Race condition in the Charles Proxy Settings suid binary in Charles Proxy before 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the --self-repair option.

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Affected products

Charles/Charles Proxyllm-fuzzy
Range: <4.2.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715358-local-root-privesc-in-charles-proxy-42.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45107/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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