CVE-2019-6617 — Improper Privilege Management in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
F5 Big-ip Access Policy ManagerF5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall ManagerF5 Big-ip Analytics+10 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 3
Latest updateMay 24

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, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.2 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages13 packages

▶NVDf5/big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.2 — 11.5.9+4
▶NVDf5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.2 — 11.5.9+4
▶NVDf5/big-ip_analytics11.5.2 — 11.5.9+4
▶NVDf5/big-ip_edge_gateway11.5.2 — 11.5.9+4
▶NVDf5/big-ip_webaccelerator11.5.2 — 11.5.9+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-f5m3-rw47-f9xw: On BIG-IP 14↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-6617: On BIG-IP 14↗2019-05-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
F5
CVE-2019-6617: On BIG-IP 14↗2019-05-03
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