CVE-2014-2928

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2928
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-12 14:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, and BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.0.0 through 4.3.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostname element in a SOAP request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.2.3 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 10.2.4 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.3.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.4.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 11.4.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 9.4.5 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 9.4.6 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 9.4.7 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module 9.4.8 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.2.3 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 10.2.4 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 11.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 11.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 11.2.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 11.3.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.3 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.4 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.5 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.6 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.7 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator 9.4.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Moar F5 fun in iControl API af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
www.osvdb.org/106728 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
F5 iControl Remote Root Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
SOL15220 - iControl vulnerability CVE-2014-2928 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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