CVE-2019-6617

MEDIUM

F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38941195
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108186

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 72.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (13)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_analytics 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_edge_gateway 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
f5/big-ip_link_controller 11.5.2 - 11.5.9
... and 3 more
Published May 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026