CVE-2018-5546 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the F5 BIG-IP APM client for Linux and macOS, affecting versions prior to 7.1.7.1. The svpn and policyserver components, running as privileged processes, allow an unprivileged local user to gain ownership of root-owned files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to sensitive information disclosure, data manipulation, or full super-user privileges on the local client host. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.1.5, <= 7.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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