BIG-IQ Centralized Management update for open-vm-tools

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU66726

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31676

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A local unprivileged user on the guest OS can execute arbitrary code as a root user in the virtual machine.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

BIG-IQ Centralized Management: 7.1.0 - 8.2.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:7.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:f5_networks:big-iq:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K87046687

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.