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GHSA-9PMR-J55P-8757

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:20 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:20

Details

On an F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.1, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1 system configured in Appliance mode, the TMOS Shell (tmsh) may allow an administrative user to use the dig utility to gain unauthorized access to file system resources.

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2018-5520 (GCVE-0-2018-5520)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-02 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:00

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege escalation

Assigner

f5 CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 87 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02043709	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040798	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
F5 Networks, Inc.	BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe)	Affected: 13.0.0-13.1.0.5 Affected: 12.1.0-12.1.3.1 Affected: 11.2.1-11.6.3.1

Date Public

2018-04-30 00:00

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