CVE-2020-5902
Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2021‑11‑03. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
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.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Listed as exploited in the wild since 2021-11-03.
US federal agencies must remediate by 2022-05-03.
Known use in ransomware campaigns.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Public exploits
13 sources with a proof of concept or module.
Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in- EPSS
100% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
The patch came 130 days before any public exploit.
- OpenVAS check added
- Public exploit / PoCsource: packetstormnuclei check added
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Added to CISA KEVransomware campaign
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- big-ip access policy managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip advanced firewall managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip advanced web application firewallNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip analyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- big-ip application acceleration managerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- big-ip application security managerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip ddos hybrid defenderNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- big-ip domain name systemNetworking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
- BIG-IP Access Policy ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP Advanced Firewall ManagerSecurity Products
- BIG-IP Advanced Web Application FirewallNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP AnalyticsNetworking Infrastructure / network-management
- BIG-IP Application Acceleration ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
- BIG-IP Application Security ManagerNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP DDos Hybrid DefenderNetworking Infrastructure / firewall
- BIG-IP DNSNetworking Infrastructure / dns-dhcp-ntp
And 13 more affected products. See all after sign-in
Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 9.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
And 20 more references. See all after sign-in
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