CVE-2018-15331

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-15331

Assigner
f5sirt@f5.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-12-20T20:29:00

Last Modified Date
2020-08-24T17:37:01

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-269	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager::::::::	1	OR	12.1.0	12.1.3
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:13.0.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54843525	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15331
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15331

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:30:02				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 15:35:36	2018-12-20T20:29Z	2018-12-20T20:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 15:35:36		2020-08-24T17:37:01	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 15:35:36		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated