CVE-2016-5020

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

F5 BIG-IP APM: 11.6.0, 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1 (+9)
BIG-IP: 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Analytics: 11.2.1, 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2 (+5)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (AAM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+5)
BIG-IP ASM: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+9)
F5 BIG-IP DNS: 12.0.0
F5 Big-Ip Edge Gateway: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1
F5 Big-Ip Global Traffic Manager: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+8)
F5 Big-Ip Link Controller: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+9)
F5 BIG-IP (LTM): 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1, 11.4.0 (+9)
F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP (PEM): 11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3 (+4)
F5 Big-Ip Protocol Security Module: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.4.0, 11.4.1 (+1)
F5 Big-Ip Wan Optimization Manager: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1
F5 Big-Ip Webaccelerator: 10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.2.3, 10.2.4, 11.2.1

References

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