{"id":"CVE-2018-5519","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-5519","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:48:32.272Z","title":"On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, administrative users by way of undisclosed methods can exploit the ssldump utility to write to arbitrary file paths.","description":"On F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.3, or 11.2.1-11.6.3.1, administrative users by way of undisclosed methods can exploit the ssldump utility to write to arbitrary file paths. For users who do not have Advanced Shell access (for example, any user when licensed for Appliance Mode), this allows more permissive file access than intended.","published":"2018-05-02T13:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:00:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f5sirt@f5.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["f5/big-ip local traffic manager","f5/big-ip application acceleration manager","f5/big-ip advanced firewall manager","f5/big-ip analytics","f5/big-ip access policy manager","f5/big-ip application security manager","f5/big-ip edge gateway","f5/big-ip global traffic manager","f5/big-ip link controller","f5/big-ip policy enforcement manager","f5/big-ip webaccelerator","f5/big-ip websafe","f5/big-ip domain name system"],"epss":{"score":0.00983,"percentile":0.62118,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.98%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040803","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46121888","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f5sirt@f5.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040803","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46121888","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5519","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}