What is CVE-2018-15331?

CVE-2018-15331 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-15331?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager

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 be used to leverage attacks against the BIG-IP system.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_application_acceleration_manager — versions 13.0.0
F5 Networks, Inc. Big-ip (Aam) — versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.3.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15331?: CVE-2018-15331 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-15331?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.