CVE-2016-7474

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Published 2017-03-27 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.2.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.2
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.3
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.4
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.1
f5big-ip_analytics12.0.0
f5big-ip_analytics12.1.0
f5big-ip_analytics12.1.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.0.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.0
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.1.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.2
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.3
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.4
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.1
f5big-ip_link_controller12.0.0
f5big-ip_link_controller12.1.0
f5big-ip_link_controller12.1.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.1.1
f5big-ip_websafe11.6.0
f5big-ip_websafe11.6.1
f5big-ip_websafe12.0.0
f5big-ip_websafe12.1.0
f5big-ip_websafe12.1.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.