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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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.5.6/11.6.3.1/12.1.3.3/13.0.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component big3d. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-5540. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

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†). The entries VDB-121993, VDB-121992, VDB-121991 and VDB-121990 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 118700
Nessus Name: F5 Networks BIG-IP : big3d vulnerability (K82038789)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/12/2018 🔍
07/18/2018 +187 days 🔍
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07/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
11/02/2018 +105 days 🔍
04/25/2023 +1635 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: K82038789
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-5540 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5540
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121994
SecurityFocus: 104920 - F5 BIG-IP big3d Process CVE-2018-5540 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1041340

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2018 09:00
Updated: 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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