CVE-2017-16928

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16928
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-31 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-08 17:21:00 UTC
DescriptionThe arq_updater binary in Arq 5.10 and earlier for Mac allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via a crafted update URL, as demonstrated by file:///tmp/blah/Arq.zip.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Application Haystacksoftware Arq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Arq 5.10 Local Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mark Wadham MISC m4.rkw.io Third Party Advisory
Arq 5.10 - Local Privilege Escalation (1) - macOS local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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