CVE-2018-5546

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-5546
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-17 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-18 17:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe svpn and policyserver components of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.1 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or assume super-user privileges on the local client host.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager Client All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K54431371 CONFIRM support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
security-research/CVE-2018-5529.txt at master · mirchr/security-research · GitHub MISC github.com
F5 BIG-IP APM Client for Linux/macOS 'svpn' and 'policyserver' Components Let Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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