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    CVE-2018-5540

    On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.0.1, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, 11.6.0-11.6.3.1, or 11.5.1-11.5.6, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.1.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.1.0-2.3.0 the big3d process does not irrevocably minimize group privileges at start up.

    Published:Jul 19, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 19, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00124
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Big-ip Domain Name System
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Big-ip Global Traffic Manager
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Big-iq Centralized Management
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Big-iq Cloud And Orchestration
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Enterprise Manager
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    F5 Iworkflow

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High