CVE-2018-5540 describes a privilege management vulnerability in the big3d process across several F5 products, including BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager, BIG-IQ, and iWorkflow versions. The flaw stems from the process failing to properly minimize group privileges at startup. Rated Medium with a CVSS v3.0 score of 4.4, this vulnerability requires high privileges for exploitation and could lead to a high impact on confidentiality, but no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.6.0, <= 11.6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.1.0, <= 12.1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 13.0.0, <= 13.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.1, <= 11.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.