### [CVE-2018-15332](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15332)
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### Description

The svpn component of the F5 BIG-IP APM client prior to version 7.1.7.2 for Linux and macOS runs as a privileged process and can allow an unprivileged user to get ownership of files owned by root on the local client host in a race condition.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/mirchr/security-research