QID 376082

Date Published: 2021-11-18

QID 376082: F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager (ASM), Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Access Policy Manager (APM) Resource Administrator or Administrator Role Authenticated Local Command Execution Vulnerability (K04234247)

Lack of input validation for items used in system support functionality may allow users granted either "Resource Administrator" or "Administrator" roles to execute arbitrary bash commands on BIG-IP.CVE-2021-23012

Vulnerable Component: BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM

Affected Versions:
16.0.0 - 16.0.1
15.0.0 - 15.1.2
14.1.0 - 14.1.3
13.1.0 - 13.1.3

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of F5 BIG-IP devices using the tmsh command.

In a standard BIG-IP deployment, a minor privilege escalation may be created when executed as the Resource Administrator. In an Appliance Mode deployment scenario this may allow for the aforementioned roles to execute shell commands to escape the Appliance Mode sandbox.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

Solution

The vendor has released patch, for more information please visit: K04234247

Vendor References

K04234247 - support.f5.com/csp/article/K04234247

CVEs related to QID 376082

CVE-2021-23012 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
K04234247			support.f5.com/csp/article/K04234247

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