QID 376595

Date Published: 2022-05-19

QID 376595: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (K33552735)

The BIG-IP Edge Client Component Installer Service does not use best practice while saving temporary files. (CVE-2022-29263)

Affected Versions:
16.1.0 - 16.1.2
15.1.0 - 15.1.5
14.1.0 - 14.1.4
13.1.0 - 13.1.4
12.1.0 - 12.1.6
11.6.1 - 11.6.5

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

This vulnerability can be exploited to allow a low privileged attacker to gain privilege escalation on the client Windows system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.6 severity.
  • Solution
    For more information about patch details please refer to K33552735
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    K33552735 URL Logo support.f5.com/csp/article/K33552735