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CVE-2018-5546

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• 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: yes
• Published: 2018-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

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.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: from 12.1.0 through 12.1.3
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP APM client for Windows: from 7.1.5 through 7.1.7

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041510
• https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54431371
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041510
• https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2018-5529.txt
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54431371

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