F5 BIG-IP/Enterprise Manager Config privilege escalation [CVE-2019-6649]

A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager (Firewall Software) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Config Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 09/20/2019. The advisory is shared for download at support.f5.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6649 since 01/22/2019. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/21/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP
• Enterprise Manager

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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01/22/2019 CVE assigned
09/20/2019 +241 days Advisory disclosed
09/21/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
09/21/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: f5.com

Advisory: support.f5.com

CVE: CVE-2019-6649 (🔒)

Created: 09/21/2019 08:37 AM
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