CVE-2016-5020 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-5020

F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 HF3 allows remote authenticated users to...

Vulnerability Description

F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 HF3 allows remote authenticated users to modify the account configuration of users with the Resource Administration role and gain privilege via a crafted external Extended Application Verification (EAV) monitor script.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

big-ip wan optimization manager, big-ip protocol security module, big-ip application acceleration manager, big-ip edge gateway, big-ip webaccelerator, big-ip domain name system, big-ip access policy manager, big-ip analytics, big-ip link controller, big-ip local traffic manager, big-ip advanced firewall manager, big-ip policy enforcement manager, big-ip global traffic manager, big-ip application security manager
Vulnerable Versions:
10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.3.0, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 12.0.0, 12.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 30th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.