CVE-2020-5887

CRITICAL

BIG-IP VE <15.1.0.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On versions 15.1.0-15.1.0.1, 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, and 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, BIG-IP Virtual Edition (VE) may expose a mechanism for remote attackers to access local daemons and bypass port lockdown settings.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10251014

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 59.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-668
Status published
Products (13)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_analytics 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_edge_gateway 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
f5/big-ip_link_controller 14.1.0 - 14.1.2.3
... and 3 more
Published Apr 30, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026