CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16895
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
Description
The (1) arq_updater, (2) arqcommitter, (3) standardrestorer, (4) arqglacierrestorer, and (5) arqs3glacierrestorer helper apps in Arq 5.x before 5.10 for Mac allow local users to gain root privileges via a crafted data packet.
Affected configurations
• arqbackup arq (>= 5.0.0.65 < 5.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716895-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--597.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arqbackup.com/blog/arq-mac-import-security-update/ Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43216/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716895-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--597.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arqbackup.com/blog/arq-mac-import-security-update/ Broken Link
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43216/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry