CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-5916

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In BIG-IP versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.4 and 15.0.0-15.0.1.3 the Certificate Administrator user role and higher privileged roles can perform arbitrary file reads outside of the web root directory.

How to fix

Remediation Available
big-ip access policy managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip advanced firewall managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip analyticsNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip application acceleration managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip application security managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip ddos hybrid defenderNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip domain name systemNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip fraud protection serviceNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip global traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip link controllerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip local traffic managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
big-ip policy enforcement managerNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD
ssl orchestratorNVD
Affected:>= 15.1.0, < 15.1.0.5Fixed in:15.1.0.5CVE-2020-5916derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.53%probability of exploitation in 30 days
41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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