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.
Vendor
arqbackup vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting arqbackup, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 2
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 2
- Medium
- 0
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Products
Latest arqbackup CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.0%
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HighCVSS 7.4 EPSS 1.2%
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.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.