CVE-2019-6617

Published: May 3, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-269

6.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

commercial·US

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)On-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

big-ip access policy managerOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

big-ip advanced firewall managerOn-premSecurity Product

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

big-ip application acceleration managerOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

big-ip link controllerOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / router-switch

big-ip policy enforcement managerOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure

big-ip webacceleratorOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway

big-ip application security managerOn-premNetwork Device

Networking Infrastructure / firewall

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

Privilege Escalation

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References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38941195

support.f5.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108186

securityfocus.com

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2019-6617.txt

github.com

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