CVE-2018-5543

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 High 8.8

Description

The F5 BIG-IP Controller for Kubernetes 1.0.0-1.5.0 (k8s-bigip-crtl) passes BIG-IP username and password as command line parameters, which may lead to disclosure of the credentials used by the container.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-5543

Assigner
f5sirt@f5.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2018-07-31T14:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-522	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_controller::::::kubernetes::*	1	OR	1.0.0	1.5.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K58935003	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104944	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5543
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5543

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:43:46				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 10:40:13	2018-07-31T14:29Z	2018-07-31T14:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 10:40:13		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 10:40:13		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated