cve-2023-38418
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-08-02 15:55
Modified
2024-10-17 18:47
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
f5sirt@f5.comhttps://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134746Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000134746Vendor Advisory
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