F5 BIG-IP APM up to 12.1.4/13.1.1.3/14.1.0.1 Secure Vault Key credentials management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 12.1.4/13.1.1.3/14.1.0.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Secure Vault. The manipulation results in credentials management (Key). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-6609. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP APM up to 12.1.4/13.1.1.3/14.1.0.1 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Secure Vault. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Key). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Platform dependent weakness. This issue only impacts iSeries platforms. On these platforms, in BIG-IP APM versions 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.3, and 12.1.1 HF2-12.1.4, the secureKeyCapable attribute was not set which causes secure vault to not use the F5 hardware support to store the unit key. Instead the unit key is stored in plaintext on disk as would be the case for Z100 systems. Additionally this causes the unit key to be stored in UCS files taken on these platforms.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2019. The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-6609 since 01/22/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/29/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

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Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP APM

Version

• 12.1.0
• 12.1.1
• 12.1.2
• 12.1.3
• 12.1.4
• 13.1.1.0
• 13.1.1.1
• 13.1.1.2
• 13.1.1.3
• 14.1.0.0
• 14.1.0.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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