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CVE-2018-5511

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-470

Description

On F5 BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.0.3 or 13.0.0, when authenticated administrative users execute commands in the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the BIG-IP Configuration utility, restrictions on allowed commands may not be enforced.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• BIG-IP: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• BIG-IP ASM: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP DNS: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Networks BIG-IP, Enterprise Manager: 3.1.1
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• F5 Big-Ip Websafe: 13.0.0, 13.1.0
• VMware Workstation: 14.1.5
• VMware Workstation Player: 15.0.2
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Edge Gateway, GTM, Link Controller, PEM, WebAccelerator, WebSafe): 13.1.0-13.1.0.3, 13.0.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152213/VMware-Host-VMX-Process-Impersonation-Hijack-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K30500703
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46600/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152213/VMware-Host-VMX-Process-Impersonation-Hijack-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K30500703
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46600/

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