PT-2021-15313 · F5 · Edge Client

Published 2021-02-12 · Updated 2021-02-19 · CVE-2021-22980

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Edge Client versions 7.1.x through 7.1.8.5 Edge Client versions 7.1.9.x through 7.1.9.8 Edge Client versions 7.2.x through 7.2.1.1

Description An untrusted search path issue in the BIG-IP APM Client Troubleshooting Utility (CTU) for Windows could allow an attacker to load a malicious DLL library from its current directory. This requires user interaction, where the victim must run the utility on the Windows system.

Recommendations For Edge Client versions 7.1.x through 7.1.8.5, update to version 7.1.8.5 or later. For Edge Client versions 7.1.9.x through 7.1.9.8, update to version 7.1.9.8 or later. For Edge Client versions 7.2.x through 7.2.1.1, update to version 7.2.1.1 or later.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-22980

Affected Products

Edge Client

References · 4

• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K29282483 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22980 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22980 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/23555 · Telegram Post