CVE-2015-4040

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4040
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-17 16:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Protocol Security Module All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Wan Optimization Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SOL17253 - BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2015-4040 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
F5 BigIP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 HF3 Path Traversal ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
F5 BIG-IP Configuration Utility Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Traverse the Directory to View Certain Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
F5 Enterprise Manager Configuration Utility Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Traverse the Directory to View Certain Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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