CVE-2016-5020

high F5
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
1.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 17% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 30, 2016 (3604 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: F5
Source: NVD

Description

F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 HF3 allows remote authenticated users to modify the account configuration of users with the Resource Administration role and gain privilege via a crafted external Extended Application Verification (EAV) monitor script.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

f5 big-ip wan optimization managerf5 big-ip protocol security modulef5 big-ip application acceleration managerf5 big-ip edge gatewayf5 big-ip webacceleratorf5 big-ip domain name systemf5 big-ip access policy managerf5 big-ip analyticsf5 big-ip link controllerf5 big-ip local traffic manager

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 support.f5.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com