CVE-2023-38418: BIG-IP Edge Client for macOS vulnerability
CVE-2023-38418 key facts
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Highest advisory rating
- High
- CVSS base score
- 7.8 (F5)
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H· base score 7.8, scored by f5Attack vector: local. Attack complexity: low. Privileges required: low. User interaction: none. Scope: unchanged. Confidentiality impact: high. Integrity impact: high. Availability impact: high.- Weakness
- CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
- EPSS
- 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile). FIRST EPSS, .
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- Vendor advisories
- 2 from F5
- Assigned by
- f5 (CNA)
- CVE record published
- Listed by VulniPulse
- Record changed
Ratings, versions and fixes are quoted from the vendor advisories that cover only CVE-2023-38418; each belongs to its advisory, not to every product listed. How records are collected and checked.
Description
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.
Text from the CVE.org record (f5).
Vendor advisories for CVE-2023-38418
F5
2 advisories- Advisory severityHigh7.8
High [CVE-2023-38418 +1] The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process
CVE-2023-43611Source published Source updated
This bulletin covers 2 CVEs. The products, versions, score and guidance below describe the bulletin; check its source for applicability to this specific CVE.
The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-38418. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- BIG-IP
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
- Advisory severityHigh7.8
High [CVE-2023-38418] The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process
CVE-2023-38418Source published Source updated
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.
- Related products — impact not confirmed
- BIG-IP
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
References
- CVE-2023-38418 recordCVE.org
- CVE-2023-38418 detailNVD
- my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134746vendor-advisory
Timeline
- CVE record published
- First vendor advisory listed by VulniPulse
- CVE record last updated
More F5 advisories
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