Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ Products
CVE-2020-5858

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

F5
Status
Big-ip, Big-iq
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 March 2020

What is CVE-2020-5858?

In F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products, users with non-administrator roles, such as Guest or Resource Administrator, can exploit a flaw in the tmsh shell. This vulnerability enables these users to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges by crafting specific tmsh commands, potentially compromising system integrity and leading to unauthorized actions on the platform.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP, BIG-IQ BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1.2, 14.1.0-14.1.2.2, 13.1.0-13.1.3.2, 12.1.0-12.1.5, 11.5.2-11.6.5.1

BIG-IP, BIG-IQ BIG-IQ 7.0.0, 6.0.0-6.1.0, 5.2.0-5.4.0

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K36814487
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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