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CVE-2018-15321

Published: Oct 31, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 43.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Workaround Only
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

When BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.2.1-11.5.6, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0 or 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0, or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 is licensed for Appliance Mode, Admin and Resource administrator roles can by-pass BIG-IP Appliance Mode restrictions to overwrite critical system files. Attackers of high privilege level are able to overwrite critical system files which bypasses security controls in place to limit TMSH commands. This is possible with an administrator or resource administrator roles when granted TMSH. Resource administrator roles must have TMSH access in order to perform this attack.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

f5
commercial·US
big-ip local traffic managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip advanced firewall managerOn-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip application acceleration managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip analyticsOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip access policy managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip protocol security moduleOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip domain name systemOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
big-ip edge gatewayOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
F5 Networks, Inc.
commercial·USaka f5
BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator), BIG-IQ Centralized Management, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration, iWorkflow, Enterprise ManagerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
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Exploitability

Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01067037
support.f5.com

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