What is CVE-2017-6152?

CVE-2017-6152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-03-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-6152?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management

CVE-2017-6152

A local user on F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.1.0-5.2.0 with the Access Manager role has privileges to change the passwords of other users on the system, including the local admin account password.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-iq_centralized_management
F5 Networks, Inc. Big-iq Centralized Management — versions 5.1.0-5.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
f5sirt@f5.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6152?: CVE-2017-6152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2018-03-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-6152?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.