What is CVE-2019-6668?

CVE-2019-6668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-6668?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager

CVE-2019-6668

The BIG-IP APM Edge Client for macOS bundled with BIG-IP APM 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.1.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.1-11.6.5 may allow unprivileged users to access files owned by root.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

F5 Big-ip_access_policy_manager
F5 Big-ip Apm Edge Client — versions 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

f5sirt@f5.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6668?: CVE-2019-6668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-6668?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.