CVE-2018-5546

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

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Published at: - 17-08-2018 02:29

Last modified: - 18-04-2022 07:32

Total changes: - 5

Description

The 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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Low

Attack complexity

Local

Attack vector

High

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Privileges required

Unchanged

Scope

None

User interaction

7.8

Base score

1.8

5.9

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

AND

vendor=f5 AND product=big-ip_access_policy_manager_client AND versionEndIncluding=7.1.7 AND versionStartIncluding=7.1.5

vendor=apple AND product=macos AND version=-

vendor=linux AND product=linux_kernel AND version=-

AND

vendor=f5 AND product=big-ip_access_policy_manager AND versionEndIncluding=12.1.3 AND versionStartIncluding=12.1.0

vendor=apple AND product=macos AND version=-

vendor=linux AND product=linux_kernel AND version=-

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Keywords

CVE-2018-5546

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

Description

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Reference

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CVE-2018-5546

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Common vulnerabilities & exposures

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