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CVE-2023-43611

The BIG-IP Edge Client Installer on macOS does not follow best practices for elevating privileges during the installation process.

Impact

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
F5Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
from 7.2.3 before 7.2.4.4
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Advanced Web Application Firewall
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Analytics
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Application Security Manager
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Application Visibility And Reporting
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Carrier-Grade Nat
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Ddos Hybrid Defender
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Domain Name System
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Edge Gateway
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4
F5Big-Ip Fraud Protection Service
from 13.1.0 through 13.1.5
from 14.1.0 through 14.1.5
from 15.1.0 before 15.1.9
from 16.1.0 before 16.1.4

Weakness classification

CWE-347

References