CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
41.3%
Permissions enforced by iControl can lag behind the actual
permissions assigned to a user if the role_map is not reloaded between the time the permissions
are changed and the time of the user
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107169");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9256");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_version("2023-08-09T05:05:14+0000");
script_name("F5 BIG-IP - iControl vulnerability CVE-2016-9256");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K47284724");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Permissions enforced by iControl can lag behind the actual
permissions assigned to a user if the role_map is not reloaded between the time the permissions
are changed and the time of the user's next request. This is a race condition that occurs rarely
in normal usage. The typical period in which this is possible is limited to at most a few seconds
after the permission change. (CVE-2016-9256)
This VT has been replaced by the VT 'F5 BIG-IP - iControl vulnerability CVE-2016-9256' (OID:
1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140194).");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"When an iControl user has administrative privileges that are
later downgraded, the user will still be able to use their previous permissions using iControl
until the role map reloads.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-08-09 05:05:14 +0000 (Wed, 09 Aug 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-05-16 01:24:00 +0000 (Tue, 16 May 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-05-17 14:28:20 +0200 (Wed, 17 May 2017)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
41.3%