Privilege escalation in BIG-IP APM - CVE-2018-5546
Published: August 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14463
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5546
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in F5 BIG-IP APM Client for Linux and macOS due to a flaw in the svpn and policyserver components. A local attacker can gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or assume super-user privileges.
Affected software
BIG-IP APM
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5546
Update to version 7.1.7.1.
BIG-IP APM - update to 7.1.7.1