CVE-2020-5873
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 1.39 % · percentile 72 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2020-04-30 Updated 2024-08-04 Assigner f5 NVD status Modified 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.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 HIGH 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 5.2.0 ≤ 5.4.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 6.0.0 ≤ 6.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-iq_centralized_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 7.0.0 ≤ 7.1.0cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_domain_name_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 13.1.0 ≤ 13.1.3.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.1.0 ≤ 14.1.2.3cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_fraud_protection_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 ≤ 15.0.1cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.6.1 ≤ 11.6.5cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.1.0 ≤ 12.1.5+18 more Affected products Product Versions BIG-IP affected 15.0.0-15.0.1 ; affected 14.1.0-14.1.2.3 ; affected 13.1.0-13.1.3.1 ; affected 12.1.0-12.1.5 ; affected 11.6.1-11.6.5 BIG-IQ affected 5.2.0-7.1.0
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