Medium severity · published Jun 24, 2016
CVE-2016-5021
The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP…
4.9
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP GTM 11.5.x before 11.5.4 and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
12.0.0 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.6.0; 12.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-iq Application Delivery Controller · F5
4.5.0 · source: NVD
BC
Big-iq Centralized Management · F5
4.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5021
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5021
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036172
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/99/sol99998454/
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