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F5 Networks BIG-IP : VMware Tools vulnerability (K84583382)

🗓️ 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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F5 Networks BIG-IP VMware Tools vulnerability prior to 14.1.5 / 15.1.5 / 16.0.0 with local privilege escalation ris

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Family
CNVD
VMware Tools Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
1 Aug 201700:00
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CVE
CVE-2015-5191
28 Jul 201721:00
cve
Cvelist
CVE-2015-5191
28 Jul 201721:00
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Debian CVE
CVE-2015-5191
28 Jul 201721:00
debiancve
EUVD
EUVD-2015-5192
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
F5 Networks
K84583382: VMware Tools vulnerability CVE-2015-5191
21 Feb 202319:45
f5
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: open-vm-tools-10.1.5-5.fc25
2 Aug 201720:52
fedora
Fedora
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: open-vm-tools-10.1.5-5.fc26
26 Jul 201718:23
fedora
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 26 : open-vm-tools (2017-08ec8b6dc4)
27 Jul 201700:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 25 : open-vm-tools (2017-4b4154d6f6)
4 Aug 201700:00
nessus
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from F5 Networks BIG-IP Solution K84583382.
#
# @NOAGENT@
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(158316);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/02/20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5191");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2017-B-0099-S");

  script_name(english:"F5 Networks BIG-IP : VMware Tools vulnerability (K84583382)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of F5 Networks BIG-IP installed on the remote host is prior to 14.1.5 / 15.1.5 / 16.0.0. It is, therefore,
affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the K84583382 advisory.

  - VMware Tools prior to 10.0.9 contains multiple file system races in libDeployPkg, related to the use of
    hard-coded paths under /tmp. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in a local privilege
    escalation. CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (CVE-2015-5191)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K84583382");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to one of the non-vulnerable versions listed in the F5 Solution K84583382.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-5191");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_rationale", value:"Scoring adjustsed to align with CVSS 3.1 attack complexity guidance.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/07/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/02/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_manager");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:f5:big-ip");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"F5 Networks Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("f5_bigip_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/BIG-IP/hotfix", "Host/BIG-IP/modules", "Host/BIG-IP/version", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}


include('f5_func.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var version = get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/version');
if ( ! version ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'F5 Networks BIG-IP');
if ( isnull(get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/hotfix')) ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, 'Host/BIG-IP/hotfix');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/BIG-IP/modules') ) audit(AUDIT_KB_MISSING, 'Host/BIG-IP/modules');

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

var sol = 'K84583382';
var vmatrix = {
  'AFM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'APM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'ASM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'DNS': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'GTM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'LTM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'PEM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'PSM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  },
  'WOM': {
    'affected': [
      '15.1.0-15.1.4','14.1.0-14.1.4','13.1.0-13.1.5','12.1.0-12.1.6','11.6.1-11.6.5'
    ],
    'unaffected': [
      '16.0.0','15.1.5','14.1.5'
    ],
  }
};

if (bigip_is_affected(vmatrix:vmatrix, sol:sol))
{
  var extra = NULL;
  if (report_verbosity > 0) extra = bigip_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : extra
  );
}
else
{
  var tested = bigip_get_tested_modules();
  var audit_extra = 'For BIG-IP module(s) ' + tested + ',';
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, audit_extra, version);
  else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'running any of the affected modules');
}

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