CVE-2019-6617

Published May 3, 2019

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
f5sirt@f5.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-269

Configurations