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CVE-2018-5516

N/A
Published: May 2, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
33 products affected across 2 vendorsBig IP Access Policy ManagerBig IP Application Security ManagerBig IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.2, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0 or 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.0.2-2.3.0, authenticated users granted TMOS Shell (tmsh) access can access objects on the file system which would normally be disallowed by tmsh restrictions. This allows for authenticated, low privileged attackers to exfiltrate objects on the file system which should not be allowed.

Affected

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

Big IP Access Policy Manager· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Advanced Firewall Manager· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Analytics· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Application Acceleration Manager· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Application Security Manager· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Domain Name System· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Edge Gateway· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Enterprise Manager· F5
95%
3.1.1
Big IP Global Traffic Manager· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0
Big IP Link Controller· F5
95%
11.2.1 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.312.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.213.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.0

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040799
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040800
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37442533

CVSS

4.7MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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