CVE-2020-5887

CRITICAL

BIG-IP VE <15.1.0.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10251014

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 58.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-668

Status published

Affected Products (13)

f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_analytics < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_application_security_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_link_controller < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_webaccelerator < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_edge_gateway < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_domain_name_system < 14.1.2.3

f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager < 14.1.2.3

Timeline

Published Apr 30, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026