CVE-2019-6601 Privilege escalation in BIG-IP (AAM)
The AAM wamd process fails to drop group permissions, allowing local attackers to escalate privileges on 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-2019-6601?
CVE-2019-6601 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager, published on 13 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In BIG-IP 13.0.0, 12.1.0-12.1.3.7, 11.6.1-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.8, the Application Acceleration Manager (AAM) wamd process used in processing of images and PDFs fails to drop group permissions when executing helper scripts.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6601?
It affects 1 product.
Products include F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6601?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6601 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-6601 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6601 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager
- CVE-2018-15331 Privilege escalation in BIG-IP (AAM)
- CVE-2017-6160 Denial of service in BIG-IP AAM, PEM
All F5 Big-Ip Application Acceleration Manager vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-frpm-gc6w-7xpf.