CVE-2014-2927: f5 arx Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-2927 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Authentication vulnerability in f5 arx. EPSS estimates a 7.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 15-10-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The rsync daemon in F5 BIG-IP 11.6 before 11.6.0, 11.5.1 before HF3, 11.5.0 before HF4, 11.4.1 before HF4, 11.4.0 before HF7, 11.3.0 before HF9, and 11.2.1 before HF11 and Enterprise Manager 3.x before 3.1.1 HF2, when configured in failover mode, does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to read or write to arbitrary files via a cmi request to the ConfigSync IP address.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.92%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.92% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (security-assessment.com)
Maturity: unknown
F5 Big-IP - rsync Access
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
F519 products
- arx6.0.0 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.1 | 6.2.0 | 6.3.0 | 6.4.0
- big-ip_access_policy_manager10.1.0 | 10.2.0 | 10.2.1 | 10.2.2 | 10.2.3 | 10.2.4 | 11.0.0 | 11.1.0 | 11.2.0 | 11.2.1 | 11.3.0 | 11.4.0 | 11.4.1 | 11.5.0 | 11.5.1 | 11.6.0
- big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.3.0 | 11.4.0 | 11.4.1 | 11.5.0 | 11.5.1 | 11.6.0
- big-ip_analytics11.0.0 | 11.1.0 | 11.2.0 | 11.2.1 | 11.3.0 | 11.4.0 | 11.4.1 | 11.5.0 | 11.5.1 | 11.6.0
- big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.0 | 11.4.1 | 11.5.0 | 11.5.1 | 11.6.0
1 vendor · 19 products