CVE-2019-6617 (GCVE-0-2019-6617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-05-03 19:16 – Updated: 2024-08-04 20:23
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Privilege Escalation
Assigner
f5
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
F5 BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator) Affected: 14.0.0-14.1.0.1
Affected: 13.0.0-13.1.1.4
Affected: 12.1.0-12.1.4
Affected: 11.6.1-11.6.3.4
Affected: 11.5.2-11.5.8
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