Vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
CVE-2018-5519
On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, administrative users by way of undisclosed methods can exploit the ssldump utility to write to arbitrary file paths. For users who do not have Advanced Shell access (for example, any user when licensed for Appliance Mode), this allows more permissive file access than intended.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 61st percentile — 61.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Analytics
- F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System
- F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway
- F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager
- F5 Big-Ip Link Controller
- F5 Big-Ip Local Traffic Manager
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040803 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K46121888 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-5519?
- CVE-2018-5519 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2018-5519?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.