CVE-2022-41800
Appliance mode iControl REST vulnerability
Exploitation likely. EPSS gives it a 77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
In all versions of BIG-IP, when running in Appliance mode, an authenticated user assigned the Administrator role may be able to bypass Appliance mode restrictions, utilizing an undisclosed iControl REST endpoint. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to cross a security boundary. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
77% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
8 events over 1296 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- OpenVAS check added
- EPSS band changecritical → high
- Nuclei check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- BIG-IPNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
- big-ip access policy managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip advanced firewall managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip analyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- big-ip application acceleration managerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- big-ip application security managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip domain name systemNetworking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
- big-ip fraud protection serviceNetworking Infrastructure
- BIG-IQ Centralized ManagementNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- BIG-IP Access Policy ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP Advanced Firewall ManagerSecurity Products
- BIG-IP AnalyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- BIG-IP Application Acceleration ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- BIG-IP Fraud Protection ServiceNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP Global Traffic ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- BIG-IP Link ControllerNetworking Infrastructure / router-switch
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Scored 8.7 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required HighRequires admin or elevated privileges
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability NoneNo availability impact
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
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