CVE-2018-5529

EPSS 0.5%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.5%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

12 Jul 2018Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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 products

F5 Networks, Inc. · BIG-IP APM client for Linux and Mac OSX

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References

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52171282 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104730