F5 BIG-IP/Enterprise Manager Traffic Management User Interface command injection

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A vulnerability has been found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Traffic Management User Interface. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6597. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager (Firewall Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Traffic Management User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.1.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, 11.6.1-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.8 or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, when authenticated administrative users run commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, restrictions on allowed commands may not be enforced.

The bug was discovered 03/22/2019. The weakness was released 03/13/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-6597 since 01/22/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/01/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-131703 and VDB-131702. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Firewall Software

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• F5

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• BIG-IP
• Enterprise Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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