VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-6157

high
Published 2017-10-27 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.1

Description

In F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, GTM, Link Controller, PEM and Websafe software version 12.0.0 to 12.1.1, 11.6.0 to 11.6.1, 11.5.0 - 11.5.4, virtual servers with a configuration using the HTTP Explicit Proxy functionality and/or SOCKS profile are vulnerable to an unauthenticated, remote attack that allows modification of BIG-IP system configuration, extraction of sensitive system files, and/or possible remote command execution on the BIG-IP system.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
88%
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_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_access_policy_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_link_controller{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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_manager{"startIncluding":"11.5.0","endIncluding":"11.5.4"}
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

References

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

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