Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 100.0%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility, has a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in undisclosed pages.
Who should care
- Teams operating BIG-IP, Big-ip Access Policy Manager, Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager +12 more
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether BIG-IP, Big-ip Access Policy Manager, Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager +12 more is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Vendor remediation
Patch and remediation links
Use the vendor source below to confirm the correct fixed version, package or mitigation for your affected product.
Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Affected versions
- F5 BIG-IP; F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Advanced Web Application Firewall (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Analytics (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4); F5 Big-ip Ddos Hybrid Defender (Start Including: 15.1.0, End Excluding: 15.1.0.4)
- Published
- 1 July 2020
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 100.0%
- Signal calculated at 88
External references
- Government advisory from www.cisa.gov
- Exploit information from packetstormsecurity.com
- Third-party advisory from packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit information from packetstormsecurity.com
- Third-party advisory from packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit information from packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit information from packetstormsecurity.com
- Exploit information from github.com
- Vendor advisory from support.f5.com
- Exploit information from swarm.ptsecurity.com
- Exploit information from www.criticalstart.com
- Government advisory from www.kb.cert.org