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CVE-2016-7474

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

In some cases the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices may allow a user with Advanced Shell access, or privileges to generate a qkview, to temporarily obtain normally unrecoverable information.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+7)
• BIG-IP: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+6)
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+7)
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+6)
• BIG-IP ASM: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+7)
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 11.2.1
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+4)
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+7)
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+7)
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+6)
• F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 11.4.0, 11.4.1
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 11.2.1
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0, 12.1.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97198
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038133
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52180214
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97198
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038133
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52180214

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