FKIE_CVE-2018-15332

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-12-06 13:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:42
Severity
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.2 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host in a race condition.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106135Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12130880Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106135Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12130880Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager *
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager *
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager *
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager 14.0.0
f5 big-ip_access_policy_manager_client *
apple macos -
linux linux_kernel -
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:42:16.960",
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