CVE-2015-3628 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the iControl API of various F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, including LTM, AFM, APM, and Cloud/Security, across several versions. Remote authenticated users with the "Resource Administrator" role can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by injecting an iCall script or handler into a SOAP request. With a CVSS score of 9.0, this vulnerability is critical, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity (AC:L) over the network (AV:N). While not listed on CISA KEV, public exploit code exists, specifically a Metasploit module, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite limited community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.