CVE-2023-43611 (GCVE-0-2023-43611)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-10 12:34 – Updated: 2024-09-19 13:33
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Title
BIG-IP Edge Client for macOS vulnerability
Summary
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
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP Edge Client Affected: 7.2.3 , < 7.2.4.4 (semver)
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Credits
F5 acknowledges Mickey Jin (@patch1t) of Trend Micro for bringing this issue to our attention and following the highest standards of coordinated disclosure.
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