CVE-2019-6642

HIGH

BIG-IP <15.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In BIG-IP 15.0.0, 14.0.0-14.1.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.2, and 11.5.2-11.6.4, BIG-IQ 6.0.0-6.1.0 and 5.1.0-5.4.0, iWorkflow 2.3.0, and Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, authenticated users with the ability to upload files (via scp, for example) can escalate their privileges to allow root shell access from within the TMOS Shell (tmsh) interface. The tmsh interface allows users to execute a secondary program via tools like sftp or scp.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K40378764

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 69.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (29)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 15.0.0
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.4
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 15.0.0
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.4
f5/big-ip_analytics 15.0.0
f5/big-ip_analytics 11.5.2 - 11.6.4
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 15.0.0
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.4
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 15.0.0
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.4
... and 19 more
Published Jul 01, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026