CVE-2017-16895 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Arq 5.x before 5.10 for Mac, where several helper applications can be exploited by local users to gain root privileges through crafted data packets. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog or actively exploited in the wild, a public exploit (EDB-43216) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0.65, < 5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arqbackup:arq:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.