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CVE-2024-21782

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

BIG-IP or BIG-IQ Resource Administrators and Certificate Managers who have access to the secure copy (scp) utility but do not have access to Advanced shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands with a specially crafted command string. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-5873. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available
big-ip access policy managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip advanced firewall managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip analyticsNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip application acceleration managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip application security managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip domain name systemNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip fraud protection serviceNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip global traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip link controllerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip local traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived from NVD
big-ip policy enforcement managerNVD
Affected:>= 16.1.0, < 16.1.4Fixed in:16.1.4CVE-2024-21782derived 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 RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-23.