F5 BIG-IP - iControl vulnerability CVE-2014-2928

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105232");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2928");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");

  script_name("F5 BIG-IP - iControl vulnerability CVE-2014-2928");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K15220");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Users may be able to run arbitrary commands on a BIG-IP system using an authenticated iControl connection.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters
in the hostname element in a SOAP request.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"F5 Big-IP is prone to an authenticated code execution vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-03-09 12:19:05 +0100 (Mon, 09 Mar 2015)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_f5_big_ip_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
  exit(0);
}

include("f5.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, service: "ssh-login"))
  exit(0);

check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.4.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;");

check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.3.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;");

check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;");

check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;10.1.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["LC"]  = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.3.0-11.5.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.6.0;11.5.2;");

check_f5["PSM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.4.1;",
                             "unaffected", "11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["WAM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.3.0;",
                             "unaffected", "11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

check_f5["WOM"] = make_array("affected",   "11.0.0-11.3.0;",
                             "unaffected", "11.2.1_HF15;10.0.0-10.2.4;");

if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);