CVE-2018-5540

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5540
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-19 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionOn F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Centralized Management All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Cloud And Orchestration 1.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Cloud And Orchestration 1.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 All All All
Application F5 F5 Iworkflow All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.f5.com/csp/article/K82038789 CONFIRM support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
F5 BIG-IP big3d Process CVE-2018-5540 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
F5 BIG-IP big3d Process Group Privileges May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
F5 Enterprise Manager big3d Process Group Privileges May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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