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CVE-2019-6642 — F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager security vulnerability

High CVSS 9

In BIG-IP 15.0.0, 14.0.0-14.1.0.5, 13.0.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.4.2, and 11.5.2-11.6.4, BIG-IQ 6.0.0-6.1.0 and 5.1.0-5.4.0, iWorkflow 2.3.0, and Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, authenticated users with the ability to upload files (via scp, for example) can escalate their privileges to allow root shell access from within the TMOS Shell (tmsh) interface. The tmsh interface allows users to execute a secondary program via tools like sftp or scp.

Severity
High
CVSS
9 (2.0)
Published
2019-07-01
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager
  • f5 / big-ip_access_policy_manager / 15.0.0
  • f5 / big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
  • f5 / big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager / 15.0.0
  • f5 / big-ip_application_acceleration_manager

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

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