CVE-2020-5873
HIGHF5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Malicious SCP Request
Title source: llmDescription
On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.1-11.6.5 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, a user associated with the Resource Administrator role who has access to the secure copy (scp) utility but does not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands using a maliciously crafted scp request.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03585731
Scores
CVSS v3
7.2
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
52.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (12)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_analytics
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_link_controller
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager
11.6.1 - 11.6.5
... and 2 more
Published
Apr 30, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026