CVE-2018-5524

MEDIUM

F5 BIG-IP <13.1.0.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Under certain conditions, on F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, or 11.6.1 HF2-11.6.3.1, virtual servers configured with Client SSL or Server SSL profiles which make use of network hardware security module (HSM) functionality are exposed and impacted by this issue.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041020
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53931245

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0060
EPSS Percentile 69.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

Status published
Products (11)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_analytics 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_edge_gateway 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_link_controller 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
f5/big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.3
... and 1 more
Published Jun 01, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026