CVE-2017-15357

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 64.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-01 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 19:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-10-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7cfd39ee578791c8bbbaff0370ae97db3416af4e8265510729e1b3ab085642dc

• m4.rkw.iohttps://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715357-local-root-privesc-in-arq-backup--596.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43218https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43218/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.arqbackup.comhttps://www.arqbackup.com/download/arq5_release_notes.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM