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CVE-2018-5546
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-08-17T12:29:00.410 · Last modified 2026-06-17T02:00:30.467

Summary

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 products

f5 — big-ip_access_policy_manager_client

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References

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