CVE-2018-5546
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.5%
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.
- Affected
- F5 Networks, Inc. · BIG-IP APM client for Linux · BIG-IP APM client for macOS
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 38th percentile
- Published
- 2018-08-17
- Updated
- 2024-09-17