SB2018121023 - Privilege escalation in F5 BIG-IP APM Client
Published: December 10, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121023
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15332)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local unprivileged attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to race condition in the svpn component. A local attacker can gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or assume super-user privileges on the local client host.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.