CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-6685

HIGH
7.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

On BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.0.1.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.5.2-11.6.5.1, users with access to edit iRules are able to create iRules which can lead to an elevation of privilege, configuration modification, and arbitrary system command execution.

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

How to fix

Remediation Available
big-ip access policy managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip advanced firewall managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip analyticsNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip application acceleration managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip application security managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip domain name systemNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip edge gatewayNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip fraud protection serviceNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip global traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip link controllerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip local traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip policy enforcement managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD
big-ip webacceleratorNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2019-6685derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days
28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2017-12635Critical9.8100%-Fix
CVE-2022-24637Critical9.899%-Fix
CVE-2017-5689Critical9.892%KEVFix
CVE-2020-3243Critical9.888%--
CVE-2024-21888High8.887%--
CVE-2022-0441Critical9.885%-Fix
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