CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-6668

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 27, 2019 | Modified: Aug 24, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The BIG-IP APM Edge Client for macOS bundled with BIG-IP APM 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.0.5, 14.0.0-14.0.0.4, 13.1.0-13.1.1.5, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.1-11.6.5 may allow unprivileged users to access files owned by root.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 11.5.1 (including) 11.6.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 12.1.0 (including) 12.1.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 13.1.0 (including) 13.1.1.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.0.0 (including) 14.0.0.4 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 14.1.0 (including) 14.1.0.5 (including)
Big-ip_access_policy_manager F5 15.0.0 (including) 15.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References