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CVE-2015-4040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files in the web root via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• F5 BIG-IP APM: through 11.6.0
• BIG-IP: through 11.6.0
• F5 Big-Ip Analytics: through 11.6.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): through 11.6.0
• BIG-IP ASM: through 11.6.0
• F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: through 11.3.0
• F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: through 11.3.0
• F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: through 11.3.0
• F5 BIG-IP (LTM): through 11.6.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): through 11.3.0
• F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: through 11.3.0
• F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: through 11.3.0
• F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: through 11.3.0
• F5 Networks, Inc. Enterprise Manager: 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133931/F5-BigIP-10.2.4-Build-595.0-HF3-Path-Traversal.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033532
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033533
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/17000/200/sol17253.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133931/F5-BigIP-10.2.4-Build-595.0-HF3-Path-Traversal.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033532
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033533
• https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/17000/200/sol17253.html

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