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CVE-2018-15331 (GCVE-0-2018-15331)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-20 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:33
VLAI
Summary
On BIG-IP AAM 13.0.0 or 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, the dcdb_convert utility used by BIG-IP AAM fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts, which could be used to leverage attacks against the BIG-IP system.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege Escalation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54843525 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM) Affected: 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.3.7
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Date Public
2018-12-20 00:00
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