CVE-2018-5540

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.4MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
F5 Big-ip Domain Name SystemF5 Big-ip Global Traffic ManagerF5 Big-iq Centralized Management+7 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 19
Latest updateMay 13

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6vp9-vc7c-884p: On F5 BIG-IP 13↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5540: On F5 BIG-IP 13↗2018-07-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2018-5540: On F5 BIG-IP 13↗2018-07-19
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CVE-2018-5540 (MEDIUM CVSS 4.4) | On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1 | cvebase.io