CVE-2018-5546

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

17/08/2018

Last modified:

17/06/2026

Description

The svpn and policyserver components of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.1 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. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or assume super-user privileges on the local client host.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager_client::::::::	7.1.5 (including)	7.1.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager::::::::	12.1.0 (including)	12.1.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2018-5546

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools