CVE-2017-16895

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-16895
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-01T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-06-04T17:21:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-732 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:arqbackup:arq:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* 1 OR 5.0.0.65 5.10
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.arqbackup.com/blog/arq-mac-import-security-update/ Broken Link
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716895-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--597.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43216/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16895
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16895
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:36:45 2017-12-01T17:29Z 2017-12-01T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 23:36:45 2020-06-04T17:21:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 23:36:45 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated