Privilege Escalation Risk in F5 BIG-IP and Related Products
CVE-2018-5540

4.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the F5 BIG-IP and related products where the big3d process fails to properly minimize group privileges upon startup. This misconfiguration could potentially allow unauthorized access to certain functions, thus elevating user privileges and affecting the overall security posture of the system. It's crucial for users of affected versions to implement necessary security patches to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP (DNS, GTM) 13.0.0-13.0.1

BIG-IP (DNS, GTM) 12.1.0-12.1.3.3

BIG-IP (DNS, GTM) 11.6.0-11.6.3.1

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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