CVE-2016-7474
In some cases the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices may allow a user with Advanced Shell...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7474- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-7474- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8327 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-8327- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4hch-v4cq-frwf
In some cases the MCPD binary cache in F5 BIG-IP devices may allow a user with Advanced Shell...
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.
- Record
GHSA-4hch-v4cq-frwf- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- f5 big-ip access policy manager
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager
- f5 big-ip analytics
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager
- f5 big-ip application security manager
- f5 big-ip domain name system
- f5 big-ip edge gateway
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager
- f5 big-ip link controller
- f5 big-ip local traffic manager
- f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager
- f5 big-ip protocol security module
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-7474 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager, published March 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.