CVE-2018-5529

published 2018-07-12

CVE-2018-5529: The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7 for Linux and Mac OS X runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to…

Priority P3 36 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7 for Linux and Mac OS X runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to assume super-user privileges on the local client host. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or disrupt service.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.5.1 – 11.5.6	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	13.0.0 – 13.1.0	—
f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	7.1.5 – 7.1.6.1	—
f5	big-ip_apm	—	—
f5	big-ip_edge	—	—
f5	big-ip_edge	7101 – 7150	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip_apm_client_for_linux_and_mac_osx	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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