CVE-2023-43611 BIG-IP Edge Client for macOS vulnerability
An attacker can escalate privileges during the installation of the BIG-IP Edge Client for macOS due to improper privilege elevation practices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-43611?
CVE-2023-43611 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 10 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
Weakness: CWE-347
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43611?
It affects 19 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager and 13 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-43611?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-43611 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8474-v7fq-4hmm.