CVE-2014-2928
highpriority · attend · 52EPSS 0.401 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The iControl API in F5 BIG-IP LTM, APM, ASM, GTM, Link Controller, and PSM 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP AFM and PEM 11.3.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Analytics 11.0.0 through 11.5.1, BIG-IP Edge Gateway, WebAccelerator, WOM 10.1.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.3.0, Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 through 2.3.0 and 3.0.0 through 3.1.1, and BIG-IQ Cloud, Device, and Security 4.0.0 through 4.3.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the hostname element in a SOAP request.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/linux/http/f5_icontrol_execF5 iControl Remote Root Command Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-34927F5 iControl - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (87)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 10.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 10.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 10.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 10.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip access policy manager= 11.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 10.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip application security manager= 11.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager= 10.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager= 10.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (11)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32cnnvd
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.htmlcnnvd
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15220Patchcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32enisa_euvd
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15220.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34927enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/106728enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/32nvd
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