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CVE-2014-3220

F5 BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to change the password of arbitrary users via the name parameter in a request to the user's page in mgmt/shared/authz/users/.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-3220 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from f5 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

2014-05-05T17:06:05.840

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Hardware	f5	big-iq	4.1.0.2013.0	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/10 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/11 Exploit ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/16 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/58440 ([email protected])
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15229.html ([email protected])
http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com/2014/05/f5-big-iq-v41020130-authenticated.html ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33143 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67191 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67227 ([email protected])
https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/2e73acd63094fa2a4f63 Exploit ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/11 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/May/16 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/58440 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/15000/200/sol15229.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com/2014/05/f5-big-iq-v41020130-authenticated.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33143 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67191 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67227 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gist.github.com/brandonprry/2e73acd63094fa2a4f63 Exploit (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.