CVE-2018-15321
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 4.9 Medium
- Status
- Modified - f5sirt@f5.com
- Published
- 2018-10-31
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Affected products
- Big-ip Access Policy Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Analytics (F5)
- Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Domain Name System (F5)
- Big-ip Edge Gateway (F5)
- Big-ip Fraud Protection Service (F5)
- Big-ip Global Traffic Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Link Controller (F5)
- Big-ip Local Traffic Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager (F5)
- Big-ip Protocol Security Module (F5)
- Big-ip Webaccelerator (F5)
- Big-iq Centralized Management (F5)
- Big-iq Cloud And Orchestration (F5)
- Enterprise Manager (F5)
- Iworkflow (F5)
- Aam (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Afm (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Analytics (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Apm (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Asm (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Big-ip Ltm (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Big-iq Centralized Management (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Big-iq Cloud And Orchestration (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Dns (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Edge Gateway (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Enterprise Manager (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Fps (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Gtm (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Iworkflow (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Link Controller (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Pem (F5 Networks Inc.)
- Webaccelerator (F5 Networks Inc.)
References
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01067037