CVE-2017-6152 Privilege escalation in BIG-IQ Centralized Management
A local user with Access Manager role can change other users' passwords, including admin, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-6152?
CVE-2017-6152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management, published on 8 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A local user on F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.1.0-5.2.0 with the Access Manager role has privileges to change the passwords of other users on the system, including the local admin account password.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6152?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management.
How do I fix CVE-2017-6152?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-6152 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6152 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8jrf-3p79-h4f4.