Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-15316 - Unspecified vulnerability in F5 products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
f5
nessus

Summary

In F5 BIG-IP APM 13.0.0-13.1.1.1, APM Client 7.1.5-7.1.6, and/or Edge Client 7101-7160, the BIG-IP APM Edge Client component loads the policy library with user permission and bypassing the endpoint checks.

Nessus

NASL familyF5 Networks Local Security Checks
NASL idF5_BIGIP_SOL51220077.NASL
descriptionThe BIG-IP APM Edge Clientcomponent loads the policy library with user permission and bypassing the endpoint checks. (CVE-2018-15316) Impact A malicious user can exploit this vulnerability on the APM Edge Clientby injecting a library file which will be loaded by the policy server and bypass the endpoint checks. The endpoint inspection component forMac OS X and Linux platforms are vulnerable to this issue.
last seen2020-03-17
modified2018-11-02
plugin id118673
published2018-11-02
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118673
titleF5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM Edge Client vulnerability (K51220077)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K51220077.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) F5 Networks.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(118673);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15316");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP APM Edge Client vulnerability (K51220077)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the BIG-IP version.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The BIG-IP APM Edge Clientcomponent loads the policy library with user
permission and bypassing the endpoint checks. (CVE-2018-15316)

Impact

A malicious user can exploit this vulnerability on the APM Edge
Clientby injecting a library file which will be loaded by the policy
server and bypass the endpoint checks. The endpoint inspection
component forMac OS X and Linux platforms are vulnerable to this
issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51220077"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5
Solution K51220077."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"F5 Networks Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("f5_bigip_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/BIG-IP/hotfix", "Host/BIG-IP/modules", "Host/BIG-IP/version");

  exit(0);
}


include("f5_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
version = get_kb_item("Host/BIG-IP/version");
if ( ! version ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "F5 Networks BIG-IP");
if ( isnull(get_kb_item("Host/BIG-IP/hotfix")) ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, "Host/BIG-IP/hotfix");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/BIG-IP/modules") ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, "Host/BIG-IP/modules");

sol = "K51220077";
vmatrix = make_array();

# APM
vmatrix["APM"] = make_array();
vmatrix["APM"]["affected"  ] = make_list("13.0.0-13.1.1");
vmatrix["APM"]["unaffected"] = make_list("14.0.0","13.1.1.2");


if (bigip_is_affected(vmatrix:vmatrix, sol:sol))
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:bigip_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = bigip_get_tested_modules();
  audit_extra = "For BIG-IP module(s) " + tested + ",";
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, audit_extra, version);
  else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running the affected module APM");
}