F5 BIG-IP up to 13.0.0 Configuration Utility information disclosure

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.2.1/11.5.5/11.6.3.1/12.1.2/13.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Configuration Utility. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-5525. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.2.1/11.5.5/11.6.3.1/12.1.2/13.0.0 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Configuration Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A local file vulnerability exists in the F5 BIG-IP Configuration utility on versions 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.2, 11.6.1-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.5, or 11.2.1 that exposes files containing F5-provided data only and do not include any configuration data, proxied traffic, or other potentially sensitive customer data.

The bug was discovered 05/31/2018. The weakness was shared 06/01/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-5525 since 01/12/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118614 (F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability (K00363258)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371024 (F5 BIG-IP ASM Configuration Utility infomation disclosure Vulnerability (K00363258)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118614). The entries VDB-118633, VDB-118632, VDB-118631 and VDB-118630 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP

Version

• 11.2.0
• 11.2.1
• 11.5.0
• 11.5.1
• 11.5.2
• 11.5.3
• 11.5.4
• 11.5.5
• 11.6.3.0
• 11.6.3.1
• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 13.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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