Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ by F5
CVE-2020-5873

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

F5
Status
Big-ip
Big-iq
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 April 2020

What is CVE-2020-5873?

A vulnerability exists in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ products where a user with Resource Administrator privileges and access to the secure copy (scp) utility can craft malicious scp requests to execute arbitrary commands. This scenario arises even if the user lacks permission to access the Advanced Shell (bash), posing a significant risk of unauthorized command execution within affected versions.

Affected Version(s)

BIG-IP 15.0.0-15.0.1

BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.2.3

BIG-IP 13.1.0-13.1.3.1

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K03585731
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2020-5873 : Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability in BIG-IP and BIG-IQ by F5