VDB-34361 · CVE-2007-0188 · BID 21957

F5 FirePass up to 6.0 Administrator Console privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 FirePass up to 6.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Administrator Console. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-0188. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in F5 FirePass up to 6.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Administrator Console. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

F5 FirePass 5.4 through 5.5.1 does not properly enforce host access restrictions when a client uses a single integer (dword) representation of an IP address ("dotless IP address"), which allows remote authenticated users to connect to the FirePass administrator console and certain other network resources.

The weakness was released 01/05/2007 by Michael Ligh and Greg Sinclair with mnin.org (Website). The advisory is shared at tech.f5.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0188 since 01/10/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 21957†), OSVDB (32734†) and Secunia (SA23640†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-34368, VDB-34360, VDB-34359 and VDB-85085. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/05/2007 🔍
01/09/2007 +3 days 🔍
01/10/2007 +1 days 🔍
01/10/2007 +0 days 🔍
01/11/2007 +0 days 🔍
01/12/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2981 days 🔍
08/17/2018 +1254 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: f5.com

Advisory: tech.f5.com
Researcher: Michael Ligh, Greg Sinclair
Organization: mnin.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-0188 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0188
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34361
SecurityFocus: 21957 - F5 Firepass Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 23640 - FirePass URL Restriction Bypass Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 32734 - F5 FirePass Dotless IP Address URL Restriction Bypass

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 08/17/2018 06:57
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (51), 08/17/2018 06:57 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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