The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6
The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP GTM 11.5.x before 11.5.4 and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- Published
- Jun 24, 2016
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 68th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-200
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Report tools
Action score
19
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| f5 | big-iq application delivery controller | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_application_delivery_controller |
| f5 | big-iq cloud and orchestration | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_cloud_and_orchestration |
| f5 | big-ip application acceleration manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager |
| f5 | big-ip access policy manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager |
| f5 | big-ip local traffic manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager |
| f5 | big-ip global traffic manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager |
| f5 | big-iq security | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_security |
| f5 | big-iq cloud | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_cloud |
| f5 | big-ip application security manager | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager |
| f5 | big-iq centralized management | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management |
| f5 | big-ip domain name system | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system |
| f5 | big-ip analytics | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics |
and 4 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.0
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.1
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.2
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.5.3
- f5 big-ip access policy manager11.6.0
- f5 big-ip access policy manager12.0.0
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.0
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.1
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.2
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.5.3
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager11.6.0
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager12.0.0
- f5 big-ip analytics11.5.0
- f5 big-ip analytics11.5.1
- f5 big-ip analytics11.5.2
- f5 big-ip analytics11.5.3
- f5 big-ip analytics11.6.0
- f5 big-ip analytics12.0.0
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.5.0
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager11.5.1
Same product
f5: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2015-5516Memory leak in the last hop kernel module in F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM, and Link Controller 10.1.x, 10.2.x before 10.2.4 HF13, 11.x before 11.2.1 H31Monitor
- CVE-2015-7393dcoep in BIG-IP LTM, Analytics, APM, ASM, and Link Controller 11.2.0 through 11.6.0 and 12.0.0 before 12.0.0 HF1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 29Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-200 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
{ "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"], "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}Fixed
{ "permissions": ["activeTab"], "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- ExcavationCAPEC-116likelihood: High · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- FootprintingCAPEC-169likelihood: High · Very Low
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- FingerprintingCAPEC-224likelihood: High · Very Low
- ICMP Echo Request PingCAPEC-285likelihood: Medium · Low
- TCP SYN ScanCAPEC-287Low
- Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) RecordsCAPEC-290Low
ATT&CK techniques
- System Service DiscoveryT1007
- System Network Configuration DiscoveryT1016
- Remote System DiscoveryT1018
- System Owner/User DiscoveryT1033
- Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or LocationT1036.005
- Network Service ScanningT1046
- System Network Connections DiscoveryT1049
- Process DiscoveryT1057
- Permission Groups DiscoveryT1069
- System Information DiscoveryT1082
- File and Directory DiscoveryT1083
- Account DiscoveryT1087
- Multi-Factor Authentication InterceptionT1111
- Peripheral Device DiscoveryT1120
- System Time DiscoveryT1124
- Access Token Manipulation:Token Impersonation/TheftT1134.001
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.