CVE-2016-7474: F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In some cases the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices may allow a user with Advanced Shell access, or privileges to generate a qkview, to temporarily obtain normally unrecoverable information.

Affected products

  • F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Analytics: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Acceleration Manager: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Domain Name System: version 12.0.0 only; version 12.1.0 only; version 12.1.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Edge Gateway: version 11.2.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Link Controller: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager: version 11.2.1 only; version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only; version 11.5.0 only; version 11.5.1 only; version 11.5.2 only; version 11.5.3 only; …
  • F5 BIG-IP Protocol Security Module: version 11.4.0 only; version 11.4.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Webaccelerator: version 11.2.1 only
  • F5 BIG-IP Websafe: version 11.6.0 only; version 11.6.1 only; version 12.0.0 only; version 12.1.0 only; version 12.1.1 only

Published 2017-03-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.