CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8098

Big Ip Access Policy Manager vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.7%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
F5 BIG-IP APM 11.4.1 before 11.4.1 HF9, 11.5.x before 11.5.3, and 11.6.0 before 11.6.0 HF4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to processing a Citrix Remote Desktop connection through a virtual server configured with a remote desktop profile, aka an "Out-of-bounds memory vulnerability."
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Big Ip Access Policy Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-01-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8098

  • Confirm whether F5 Big Ip Access Policy Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8098.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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