Name:F5 TMUI Authentication Bypass id:88bf127c-613e-4579-99e4-c4d4b02f3840 version:9 date:None author:Michael Haag, Splunk status:production type:TTP Description:The following analytic detects attempts to exploit the CVE-2023-46747 vulnerability, an authentication bypass flaw in F5 BIG-IP's Configuration utility (TMUI). It identifies this activity by monitoring for specific URI paths such as "*/mgmt/tm/auth/user/*" with the PATCH method and a 200 status code. This behavior is significant for a SOC as it indicates potential unauthorized access attempts, leading to remote code execution. If confirmed malicious, an attacker could gain unauthorized access, execute arbitrary code, steal data, disrupt systems, or conduct further malicious activities within the network. Data_source:
-Suricata
search:| tstats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime FROM datamodel=Web WHERE Web.url IN ("*/mgmt/tm/auth/user/*") Web.http_method=PATCH Web.status=200 BY Web.http_user_agent, Web.status Web.http_method, Web.url, Web.url_length, Web.src, Web.dest, sourcetype | `drop_dm_object_name("Web")` | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `f5_tmui_authentication_bypass_filter`
how_to_implement:To successfully implement this search you need to be ingesting information on Web traffic that include fields relevant for traffic into the `Web` datamodel. known_false_positives:False positives should be limited to as this is strict to active exploitation. Reduce noise by filtering to F5 devices with TMUI enabled or filter data as needed. References: -https://www.praetorian.com/blog/refresh-compromising-f5-big-ip-with-request-smuggling-cve-2023-46747/ -https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/3b0bb71bd627c6c3139e1d06c866f8402aa228ae/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-46747.yaml drilldown_searches: name:'View the detection results for - "$dest$"' search:'%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"' earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$' latest_offset:'$info_max_time$' name:'View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"' search:'| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$") | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories) as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic) as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`' earliest_offset:'7d' latest_offset:'0' analytic_story:['F5 Authentication Bypass with TMUI']
