CVE-2016-7474 Information disclosure in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM
Users with Advanced Shell or qkview privileges can access normally unrecoverable information from the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-7474?
CVE-2016-7474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager, published on 27 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In some cases the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices may allow a user with Advanced Shell access, or privileges to generate a qkview, to temporarily obtain normally unrecoverable information.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7474?
It affects 14 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 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7474?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7474 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-7474 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7474 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Access Policy Manager
- CVE-2023-46747 F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2022-1388 F5 BIG-IP Missing Authentication
- CVE-2021-22986 F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Centralized Management iControl REST Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-22991 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management Microkernel Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2020-5902 F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hch-v4cq-frwf.