CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-6617

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-05-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-05-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-269

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

Affected configurations

• f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip access policy manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip application acceleration manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip link controller (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip webaccelerator (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip application security manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip local traffic manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip fraud protection service (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip global traffic manager (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip analytics (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) • f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 11.5.2 < 11.5.9) • f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 11.6.1 < 11.6.4) • f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 12.1.0 < 12.1.4.1) • f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 13.0.0 < 13.1.1.5) • f5 big-ip edge gateway (>= 14.0.0 < 14.1.0.2) … and 5 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness

References