CVE-2008-6474 — The management interface in F5 BIG-IP 9.4.3 allows remote authenticated users with Resource Manager privileges to inject arbitrary Perl code via unspecified configuration settings related to Perl EP3 with templates, probably triggering static code injection

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The management interface in F5 BIG-IP 9.4.3 allows remote authenticated users with Resource Manager privileges to inject arbitrary Perl code via unspecified configuration settings related to Perl EP3 with templates, probably triggering static code injection

Published Mar 16, 2009

9.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.71%

Description

The management interface in F5 BIG-IP 9.4.3 allows remote authenticated users with Resource Manager privileges to inject arbitrary Perl code via unspecified configuration settings related to Perl EP3 with templates, probably triggering static code injection.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.71% 0.02709

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02709

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	2.71% (0.02709)	85.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.71% (0.02709)	83.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.66% (0.00660)	69.41th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.29% (0.00287)	69.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.29% (0.00287)	67.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 4, 2023	0.29% (0.00287)	64.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00325)	66.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.13% (0.01132)	56.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 22, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	54.59th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	52.58th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.13% (0.01132)	30.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/51116
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490496/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28639
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49308
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/51116		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490496/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28639		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49308		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 16, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 16, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6474

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6474

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6474