CVE-2019-6646 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP versions 11.5.2-11.6.4 and Enterprise Manager 3.1.1. This flaw allows REST users with guest privileges to escalate their access to administrative levels, enabling them to execute commands with full administrator rights. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.5.2, <= 11.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.2, <= 11.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.5.2, <= 11.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.