CVE-2023-5450 BIG-IP Edge Client for macOS vulnerability
An attacker can elevate privileges during the installation of the BIG-IP Edge Client on macOS due to insufficient data verification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5450?
CVE-2023-5450 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An insufficient verification of data vulnerability exists in BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS that may allow an attacker elevation of privileges during the installation process.
Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5450?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5450?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-5450 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5450 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-ff2q-72vq-7mxp.