Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2017-6167
In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, race conditions in iControl REST may lead to commands being executed with different privilege levels than expected.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip DNS — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Policy Enforcement Manager — versions 13.0.0
- F5 Big-Ip Websafe — versions 13.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K24465120 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040053 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6167?
- CVE-2017-6167 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-12-21.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6167?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.