{"id":"CVE-2017-15358","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15358","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:51:42.094Z","title":"Race condition in the Charles Proxy Settings suid binary in Charles Proxy before 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the --self-repair option.","description":"Race condition in the Charles Proxy Settings suid binary in Charles Proxy before 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving the --self-repair option.","published":"2018-08-03T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["charlesproxy/charles"],"epss":{"score":0.0076,"percentile":0.55071,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-07-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":45107,"kind":"exploit","title":"Charles Proxy 4.2 - Local Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45107","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/macos/local/45107.txt","file":"exploits/macos/local/45107.txt","published":"2018-07-30","added":"2018-07-30","updated":"2018-07-30","author":"Mark Wadham","type":"local","platform":"macos","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-15358"],"tags":"Local","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715358-local-root-privesc-in-charles-proxy-42.html"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715358-local-root-privesc-in-charles-proxy-42.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45107/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715358-local-root-privesc-in-charles-proxy-42.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45107/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15358","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}