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CVE-2024-21782

BIG-IP and BIG-IQ secure copy vulnerability

Published: Feb 14, 2024Updated: Jan 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78
NVD MITRE
6.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

BIG-IPF5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
BIG-IQF5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip access policy managerf5
On-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-iq centralized managementf5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip advanced firewall managerf5
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure
and 29 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K98606833
my.f5.com
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K98606833
my.f5.com
https://vuldb.com/?id.253863
vuldb.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 14, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 23, 2025

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