CVE-2019-6617

medium

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38941195

https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2019-6617.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108186

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-03

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium