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CVE-2018-15332

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

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.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 11.5.1 through 11.6.3; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.1; 14.0.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP APM client for Windows: from 7.1.5 through 7.1.7

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106135
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12130880
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106135
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12130880

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