CVE-2025-48500 (GCVE-0-2025-48500)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 14:46 – Updated: 2025-08-14 03:55
VLAI?
Summary
A missing file integrity check vulnerability exists on MacOS F5 VPN browser client installer that may allow a local, authenticated attacker with access to the local file system to replace it with a malicious package installer.  Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-353 - Missing Support for Integrity Check
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP Edge Client Affected: 7.2.4 , < 7.2.5.3 (custom)
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    F5 BIG-IP Affected: 17.5.0 , < * (custom)
Affected: 17.1.0 , < * (custom)
Affected: 16.1.0 , < * (custom)
Affected: 15.1.0 , < * (custom)
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Credits
F5 acknowledges Adwiteeya Agrawal of Snapchat, Inc for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.
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