# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8jrf-3p79-h4f4

## 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 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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

- [CVE-2020-5868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5868/): Command injection in BIG-IQ (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-23005](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23005/): Weak cryptography in BIG-IQ (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-5869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5869/): Information disclosure in BIG-IQ (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-5870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5870/): Missing authorization in BIG-IQ (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-22995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22995/): Missing authorization in BIG-IQ (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: F5 Big-Iq Centralized Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6152

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6152/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.