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CVE-2019-6618

Published: May 3, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-noinfo
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 43.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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, users with the Resource Administrator role can modify sensitive portions of the filesystem if provided Advanced Shell Access, such as editing /etc/passwd. This allows modifications to user objects and is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

No summary for this CVE yet.

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

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

F5
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

Official Patch Available
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References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K07702240
support.f5.com

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