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Medium
CVE-2018-5540
On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager...
Vulnerability Description
On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
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Affected Vendor
F5 Networks, Inc.
View all reports →Affected Software
BIG-IP (DNS, GTM), Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ Centralized Management, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration, F5 iWorkflow
Vulnerable Versions:
13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, 11.5.1-11.5.6, 3.1.1, 5.0.0-5.1.0, 1.0.0, 2.1.0-2.3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 19th, 2018
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.