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CVE-2014-2927

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-2927 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 19 products from f5, from f5, from f5 and 16 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-10-15T14:55:06.743

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	f5	arx	6.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	arx	6.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	arx	6.1.1	Yes
Application	f5	arx	6.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	arx	6.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	arx	6.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_access_policy_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_analytics	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_acceleration_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_edge_gateway	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_link_controller	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.5.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.5.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager	11.6.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.4.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_protocol_security_module	11.4.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_wan_optimization_manager	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	10.2.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	11.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	11.2.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_webaccelerator	11.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_cloud	4.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_cloud	4.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_cloud	4.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_cloud	4.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_device	4.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_device	4.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_security	4.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_security	4.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_security	4.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-iq_security	4.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	3.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	3.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	3.1.1	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	6.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	6.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	6.0.2	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	6.0.3	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	6.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	firepass	7.0.0	Yes

References

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34465 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/F5_Unauthenticated_rsync_access_to_Remote_Root_Code_Execution.pdf Exploit ([email protected])
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15236.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34465 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.security-assessment.com/files/documents/advisory/F5_Unauthenticated_rsync_access_to_Remote_Root_Code_Execution.pdf Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15236.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For f5's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.