CVE-2018-15331

N/A
Published: December 20, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Application Acceleration ManagerBIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

On BIG-IP AAM 13.0.0 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, the dcdb_convert utility used by BIG-IP AAM fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts, which could be used to leverage attacks against the BIG-IP system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54843525

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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