cvelist/2019/6xxx/CVE-2019-6617.json

{
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2019-6617",
        "ASSIGNER": "f5sirt@f5.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "F5",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, FPS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator)",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "14.0.0-14.1.0.1"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "13.0.0-13.1.1.4"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "12.1.0-12.1.4"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "11.6.1-11.6.3.4"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "11.5.2-11.5.8"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Privilege Escalation"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38941195",
                "url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38941195"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "BID",
                "name": "108186",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108186"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2019-6617.txt",
                "url": "https://github.com/mirchr/security-research/blob/master/vulnerabilities/F5/CVE-2019-6617.txt"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "On BIG-IP 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, 13.0.0-13.1.1.4, 12.1.0-12.1.4, 11.6.1-11.6.3.4, and 11.5.2-11.5.8, a user with the Resource Administrator role is able to overwrite sensitive low-level files (such as /etc/passwd) using SFTP to modify user permissions, without Advanced Shell access. This is contrary to our definition for the Resource Administrator (RA) role restrictions."
            }
        ]
    }
}