CVE-2023-38418 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
F5	Access Policy Manager Clients Big-ip Access Policy Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134746

History

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: f5

Published: 2023-08-02T15:55:17.276Z

Updated: 2024-10-17T18:47:23.451Z

Reserved: 2023-07-17T22:41:24.603Z

Link: CVE-2023-38418

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:39:13.481Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-02T16:15:10.533

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:31.530

Link: CVE-2023-38418

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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