CVE-2014-2928 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 40.1% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, and BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.0.0 through 4.3.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostname element in a SOAP request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 40.05% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-05-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (9)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| f5 | big-ip access policy 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 protocol security module |
| f5 | big-ip wan optimization manager |
| f5 | big-ip webaccelerator |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | F5 iControl - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2014-10-09 |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927
- http://www.osvdb.org/106728
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927
- http://www.osvdb.org/106728
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