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CVE-2014-2927

Published: Oct 15, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-287
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.9%
Top 6.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

f5
commercial·US
arxOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip access policy managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip advanced firewall managerOn-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip analyticsOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip application acceleration managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip application security managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip edge gatewayOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
big-ip global traffic managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15236.html
support.f5.com
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/F5_Unauthenticated_rsync_access_to_Remote_Root_Code_Execution.pdf
security-assessment.com
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34465
exploit-db.com
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