F5 BIG-IP Trusted Platform privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in F5 BIG-IP. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Trusted Platform Module. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-5851. The physical device can be targeted for the attack. There is not any exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP (Firewall Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Trusted Platform Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

On impacted versions and platforms the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) system integrity check cannot detect modifications to specific system components. This issue only impacts specific engineering hotfixes and platforms. NOTE: This vulnerability does not affect any of the BIG-IP major, minor or maintenance releases you obtained from downloads.f5.com. The affected Engineering Hotfix builds are as follows: Hotfix-BIGIP-14.1.0.2.0.45.4-ENG Hotfix-BIGIP-14.1.0.2.0.62.4-ENG

The weakness was released 01/14/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at support.f5.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-5851 since 01/06/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

01/06/2020 🔍
01/14/2020 +8 days 🔍
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03/20/2024 +1527 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: K91171450
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-5851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-148606

Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2020 19:31
Updated: 03/20/2024 21:04
Changes: 01/14/2020 19:31 (37), 01/14/2020 19:36 (18), 03/20/2024 21:04 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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