CVE-2017-7643
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
Proxifier for Mac before 2.19 allows local users to gain privileges via the first parameter to the KLoader setuid program.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Proxifier for Mac 2.17/2.18 - Privesc Escalation
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| proxifier | proxifier | {"endExcluding":"2.19"} | 2.19 |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/54
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177643-local-root-privesc-in-proxifier-for-mac--218.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41854/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/54
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177643-local-root-privesc-in-proxifier-for-mac--218.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41854/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.