CVE-2020-5907

HIGH

BIG-IP <15.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, an authorized user provided with access only to the TMOS Shell (tmsh) may be able to conduct arbitrary file read/writes via the built-in sftp functionality.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K00091341
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290915

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.1%
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 (11)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_analytics 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_application_acceleration_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_application_security_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_domain_name_system 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_fraud_protection_service 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_global_traffic_manager 11.6.1 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_link_controller 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
f5/big-ip_local_traffic_manager 11.5.2 - 11.6.5
... and 1 more
Published Jul 01, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026