Vulnerability · Published Dec 24, 2020 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2020-27727

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in BIG-IP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 41.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On BIG-IP version 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, and 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, when an authenticated administrative user installs RPMs using the iAppsLX REST installer, the BIG-IP system does not sufficiently validate user input, allowing the user read access to the filesystem.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a BIG-IP 16.0.0-16.0.0.1, 15.1.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4

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