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CVE-2019-6617

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CVE-2019-6617

Published: May 3, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions.

VendorProductVersions

F5

BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)

affected
14.0.0-14.1.0.1
affected
13.0.0-13.1.1.4
affected
12.1.0-12.1.4
affected
11.6.1-11.6.3.4
affected
11.5.2-11.5.8

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