CVE-2018-15321

MEDIUM

BIG-IP 11.2.1-11.5.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via TMSH Command Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

When BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.0.0.2, 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.2.1-11.5.6, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0 or 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0, or Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 is licensed for Appliance Mode, Admin and Resource administrator roles can by-pass BIG-IP Appliance Mode restrictions to overwrite critical system files. Attackers of high privilege level are able to overwrite critical system files which bypasses security controls in place to limit TMSH commands. This is possible with an administrator or resource administrator roles when granted TMSH. Resource administrator roles must have TMSH access in order to perform this attack.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01067037

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 40.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (18)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_analytics 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_edge_gateway 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_link_controller 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.2.1 - 11.5.6
... and 8 more
Published Oct 31, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026