Is CVE-2017-15357 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-15357 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-15357?

CVE-2017-15357 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-15357?

CVE-2017-15357 has an EPSS score of 1.16% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-15357

HIGH

7.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The setpermissions function in the auto-updater in Arq before 5.9.7 for Mac allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the updater binary itself.

CWE-59Link Following CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

arqNVD

Affected:< 5.9.7Fixed in:5.9.7CVE-2017-15357derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.16%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

arqbackup.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.