F5 BIG-IP big3d Process CVE-2018-5540 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:104920

CVE-2018-5540 |

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F5 BIG-IP big3d Process CVE-2018-5540 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 104920
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2018-5540
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 19 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 19 2018 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.1
F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0
F5 BIG-IP GTM 13.0.1
F5 BIG-IP GTM 12.1.3
F5 BIG-IP GTM 12.1
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.6.3
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.5.6
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.5.1
F5 BIG-IP GTM 13.0.0
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.6.0
F5 BIG-IP DNS 13.0.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS 13.0
F5 BIG-IP DNS 12.1.3
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.6.3
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.6
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.5.6
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.5.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS 12.1.0
Not Vulnerable: F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.2
F5 BIG-IP GTM 13.1
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.5.7
F5 BIG-IP GTM 12.1.3.4
F5 BIG-IP GTM 11.6.3.2
F5 BIG-IP DNS 13.1
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.5.7
F5 BIG-IP DNS 12.1.3.4
F5 BIG-IP DNS 11.6.3.2

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