CVE-2017-6167

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 46% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: December 21, 2017 (3065 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, PEM and WebSafe software version 13.0.0 and 12.1.0 - 12.1.2, race conditions in iControl REST may lead to commands being executed with different privilege levels than expected.

CWE

CWE-362

Affected Products

f5 big-ip local traffic managerf5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip advanced firewall managerf5 big-ip analyticsf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip application security managerf5 big-ip dnsf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip policy enforcement managerf5 big-ip websafe

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com