Check Point Advisories

F5 Multiple Products iControl iCall Script Privilege Escalation (CVE-2015-3628)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0058
Date Published:	19 Jan 2017
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Monday 30 January, 2017
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-3628
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	F5 Networks BIG-IP AAM 11.4.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP AFM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP Analytics 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP APM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP ASM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP Edge Gateway 11.3.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP GTM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP Link Controller 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP LTM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP PEM 11.3.0 - 11.6.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP PSM 11.3.0 - 11.4.1 F5 Networks BIG-IP WebAccelerator 11.3.0 F5 Networks BIG-IP WOM 11.3.0 F5 Networks BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0 F5 Networks BIG-IQ Cloud 4.0.0 - 4.5.0 F5 Networks BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 - 4.5.0 F5 Networks BIG-IQ Security 4.0.0 - 4.5.0 F5 Networks Enterprise Manager 3.1.0 - 3.1.1
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the iControl API in multiple F5 products. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of iCall scripts in incomming SOAP requests. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious SOAP requests to the server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the F5 Multiple Products iControl iCall Script Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: F5 Multiple Products iControl iCall Script Privilege Escalation