CVE-2018-5516

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.2, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, Enterprise Manager 3.1.1, BIG-IQ Centralized Management 5.0.0-5.4.0 or 4.6.0, BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0, or F5 iWorkflow 2.0.2-2.3.0, authenticated users granted TMOS Shell (tmsh) access can access objects on the file system which would normally be disallowed by tmsh restrictions. This allows for authenticated, low privileged attackers to exfiltrate objects on the file system which should not be allowed.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
F5 Networks, Inc.	BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe)	13.0.0-13.1.0.5; 12.1.0-12.1.2; 11.2.1-11.6.3.1
F5 Networks, Inc.	Enterprise Manager	3.1.1
F5 Networks, Inc.	BIG-IQ Centralized Management	5.0.0-5.4.0; 4.6.0
F5 Networks, Inc.	BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration	1.0.0
F5 Networks, Inc.	iWorkflow	2.0.2-2.3.0

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040799Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37442533Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040799Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040800Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K37442533Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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