01 Record
CVE-2020-5902
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility,
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: f5
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
In BIG-IP versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3.3, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, the Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also referred to as the Configuration utility,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03. Known ransomware campaign use: reported by CISA.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 99.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-01 00:00Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:35Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-06
- Assigning CNA
- f5
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c564758a39f193f267f4b3ef3e038f37c45b3fbf23abe90dff3cc2470a1b463c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K52145254
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158333/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158334/BIG-IP-TMUI-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158366/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#290915https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/290915
- www.criticalstart.comhttps://www.criticalstart.com/f5-big-ip-remote-code-execution-exploit/
- badpackets.nethttps://badpackets.net/over-3000-f5-big-ip-endpoints-vulnerable-to-cve-2020-5902/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158414/Checker-CVE-2020-5902.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/Critical-Start/Team-Ares/tree/master/CVE-2020-5902
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158581/F5-Big-IP-13.1.3-Build-0.0.6-Local-File-Inclusion.html
- swarm.ptsecurity.comhttps://swarm.ptsecurity.com/rce-in-f5-big-ip/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175671/F5-BIG-IP-TMUI-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-5902