Race condition in APM Clients - CVE-2018-15332
Published: December 6, 2018 / Updated: December 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16347
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15332
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: F5 Networks
Affected software:
APM Clients
APM Clients
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15332
Update to version 7.1.7.2.