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CVE-2018-5529

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5529 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the svpn component of F5 BIG-IP APM client for Linux and Mac OS X, prior to version 7.1.7. An unprivileged local user can exploit this flaw to gain super-user privileges on the client host. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.1.5, <= 7.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:clients:*:*:*
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 13.0.0, <= 13.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7101, <= 7150CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge:*:*:*:*:clients:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt
support.f5.com / csp/article/K52171282
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104730
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry