F5 BIG-IP up to 14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0 Configuration Utility injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in F5 BIG-IP up to 14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Configuration Utility. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-35735. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 14.1.5.0/15.1.6.0/16.1.3.0 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In BIG-IP Versions 16.1.x before 16.1.3.1, 15.1.x before 15.1.6.1, 14.1.x before 14.1.5.1, and all versions of 13.1.x, an authenticated attacker with Resource Administrator or Manager privileges can create or modify existing monitor objects in the Configuration utility in an undisclosed manner leading to a privilege escalation. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.

The weakness was released 08/05/2022 as K13213418. It is possible to read the advisory at support.f5.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-35735 since 07/19/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 14.1.5.1, 15.1.6.1 or 16.1.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP

Version

• 14.1.0
• 14.1.1
• 14.1.2
• 14.1.3
• 14.1.4
• 14.1.5.0
• 15.1.0
• 15.1.1
• 15.1.2
• 15.1.3
• 15.1.4
• 15.1.5
• 15.1.6.0
• 16.1.0
• 16.1.1
• 16.1.2
• 16.1.3.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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