Medium [CVE-2023-22283] On versions beginning in 7.1.5 to before 7.2.3.1, a DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows
This medium-severity F5 advisory covers CVE-2023-22283; related products: BIG-IP.
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Summary
On versions beginning in 7.1.5 to before 7.2.3.1, a DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the BIG-IP Edge Client for Windows.
User interaction and administrative privileges are required to exploit this vulnerability because the victim user needs to run the executable on the system and the attacker requires administrative privileges for modifying the files in the trusted search path. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
- 7.1.5
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
- 7.2.3.1
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 7.2.3.1. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 3 months ago·verify at source
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