CVE-2015-7393 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.4 Published Updated

Local users with shell access can escalate privileges on F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ systems, requiring a patch to mitigate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-7393?

CVE-2015-7393 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 12 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

dcoep in BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 11.2.0 through 11.6.0 and 12.0.0 before 12.0.0 HF1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.6.0 and 12.0.0 before 12.0.0 HF1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.6.0 and 12.0.0 before 12.0.0 HF1, BIG-IP DNS 12.0.0 before 12.0.0 HF1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, and WOM 11.2.0 through 11.3.0, BIG-IP GTM 11.2.0 through 11.6.0, BIG-IP PSM 11.2.0 through 11.4.1, Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Cloud 4.0.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0, BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0, and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows local users with advanced shell (bash) access to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7393?

It affects 20 products.

Products include F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, F5 Big-Ip Advanced Firewall Manager, F5 Big-Ip Analytics, F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, F5 Big-Ip Domain Name System and 14 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7393?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-7393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-7393 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wvh6-8pmw-ccff.

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