F5 BIG-IP up to 11.5.6/11.6.3.1/12.1.3.3/13.0.1 big3d access control
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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.5.6/11.6.3.1/12.1.3.3/13.0.1 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component big3d. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.
The bug was discovered 07/19/2018. The weakness was shared 07/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5540 since 01/12/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118700 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : big3d vulnerability (K82038789)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family F5 Networks Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (118700) and SecurityFocus (BID 104920†).
Affected
- F5 BIG-IP up to 11.5.6/11.6.3.1/12.1.3.3/13.0.1
- F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1
- F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management up to 5.1.0
- F5 BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0
- F5 iWorkflow up to 2.3.0
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
- 11.5.0
- 11.5.1
- 11.5.2
- 11.5.3
- 11.5.4
- 11.5.5
- 11.5.6
- 11.6.3.0
- 11.6.3.1
- 12.1.3.0
- 12.1.3.1
- 12.1.3.2
- 12.1.3.3
- 13.0.0
- 13.0.1
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 118700
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : big3d vulnerability (K82038789)
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
01/12/2018 🔍07/18/2018 🔍
07/19/2018 🔍
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07/20/2018 🔍
11/02/2018 🔍
04/25/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: f5.comAdvisory: K82038789
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5540 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 104920 - F5 BIG-IP big3d Process CVE-2018-5540 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041340
Entry
Created: 07/20/2018 09:00Updated: 04/25/2023 06:41
Changes: 07/20/2018 09:00 (67), 03/08/2020 20:45 (6), 04/25/2023 06:41 (5)
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