F5 BIG-IP/BIG-IQ iControl REST Worker command injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component iControl REST Worker. The manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2019-6621. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ (Firewall Software) (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component iControl REST Worker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.1-11.5.8 and BIG-IQ 6.0.0-6.1.0 and 5.1.0-5.4.0, an undisclosed iControl REST worker is vulnerable to command injection by an admin/resource admin user. This issue impacts both iControl REST and tmsh implementations.

The weakness was shared 07/02/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-6621 since 01/22/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a 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 10/15/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• Firewall Software

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• F5

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• BIG-IP
• BIG-IQ

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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