CVE-2014-2927 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.9% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The rsync daemon in F5 BIG-IP 11.6 before 11.6.0, 11.5.1 before HF3, 11.5.0 before HF4, 11.4.1 before HF4, 11.4.0 before HF7, 11.3.0 before HF9, and 11.2.1 before HF11 and Enterprise Manager 3.x before 3.1.1 HF2, when configured in failover mode, does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a cmi request to the ConfigSync IP address.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 7.92% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-10-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (19)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| f5 | arx |
| f5 | big-ip access policy manager |
| f5 | big-ip advanced firewall manager |
| f5 | big-ip analytics |
| f5 | big-ip application acceleration manager |
| f5 | big-ip application security manager |
| f5 | big-ip edge gateway |
| f5 | big-ip global traffic manager |
| f5 | big-ip link controller |
| f5 | big-ip local traffic manager |
| f5 | big-ip policy enforcement manager |
| f5 | big-ip protocol security module |
| f5 | big-ip wan optimization manager |
| f5 | big-ip webaccelerator |
| f5 | big-iq cloud |
| f5 | big-iq device |
| f5 | big-iq security |
| f5 | enterprise manager |
| f5 | firepass |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | F5 Big-IP - rsync Access | 2014-08-29 |
References
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34465
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/F5_Unauthenticated_rsync_access_to_Remote_Root_Code_Execution.pdf
- https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15236.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34465
- http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/F5_Unauthenticated_rsync_access_to_Remote_Root_Code_Execution.pdf
- https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15236.html
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