Vulnerability · Published Apr 30, 2020 · Assigned by f5

CVE-2020-5873

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-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 1.4% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

On BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1, 14.1.0-14.1.2.3, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.5, and 11.6.1-11.6.5 and BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0, a user associated with the Resource Administrator role who has access to the secure copy (scp) utility but does not have access to Advanced Shell (bash) can execute arbitrary commands using a maliciously crafted scp request.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.114.1.0-14.1.2.313.1.0-13.1.3.112.1.0-12.1.511.6.1-11.6.5
n/a BIG-IQ 5.2.0-7.1.0

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