CVE-2018-15331

published 2018-12-20

CVE-2018-15331: On BIG-IP AAM 13.0.0 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, the dcdb_convert utility used by BIG-IP AAM fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts, which could…

Priority P4 33 high 7.8 CVSS 3.0

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

On BIG-IP AAM 13.0.0 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, the dcdb_convert utility used by BIG-IP AAM fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts, which could be used to leverage attacks against the BIG-IP system.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
f5	big-ip_aam	—	—
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	—	—
f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	12.1.0 – 12.1.3	—
f5_networks_inc	big-ip	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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