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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2018-08-17T13:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:31:29.055Z

Reserved: 2018-01-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5546

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-08-17T12:29:00.410

Modified: 2022-04-18T17:32:15.747

Link: CVE-2018-5546

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