Detections
Analytics
CVE-2018-5529
high
Description
The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7 for Linux and Mac OS X runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to assume super-user privileges on the local client host. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or disrupt service.
References
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52171282
https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt