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CVE-2018-5529

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7 for Linux and Mac OS X runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to assume super-user privileges on the local client host. A malicious local unprivileged user may gain knowledge of sensitive information, manipulate certain data, or disrupt service.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 7.1.5 through 7.1.6.1; from 11.5.1 through 11.5.6; from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3; from 13.0.0 through 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Edge: from 7101 through 7150

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104730
• https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52171282
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104730
• https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52171282

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