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CVE-2015-4040

Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 t

Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files in the web root via unspecified vectors.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.06773
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

14
f5 enterprise managerall versions
f5 big-ip access policy manager<= 11.6.0
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager<= 11.6.0
f5 big-ip analytics<= 11.6.0
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager<= 11.6.0
f5 big-ip application security manager<= 11.6.0
f5 big-ip edge gateway<= 11.3.0
f5 big-ip global traffic manager<= 11.3.0
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsF5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal2015-10-13
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · F5-BigIP-10.2.4-Build-595.0-HF3-Path-Traversal.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD17 Sep 2015 · 04:59 PM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033532
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033533
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/17000/200/sol17253.htmlVendor Advisory
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