CVE-2020-5916

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-5916
  • Assigner
  • f5sirt@f5.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-08-26T15:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-21T11:39:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_ddos_hybrid_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:f5:ssl_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.0.0 15.0.1.4
cpe:2.3:a:f5:ssl_orchestrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 15.1.0 15.1.0.5
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.3
  • Impact Score
  • 4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K29923912 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5916
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5916
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:05:13 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 21:32:51 2020-08-26T15:15Z 2020-08-26T15:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 21:32:51 2021-07-21T11:39:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 21:32:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated