CVE-2015-4040 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.8% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 6.76% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2015-09-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (14)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| f5 | big-ip access policy manager |
| f5 | big-ip advanced firewall manager |
| f5 | big-ip analytics |
| f5 | big-ip application acceleration manager |
| f5 | big-ip application security manager |
| f5 | big-ip edge gateway |
| f5 | big-ip global traffic manager |
| f5 | big-ip link controller |
| f5 | big-ip local traffic manager |
| f5 | big-ip policy enforcement manager |
| f5 | big-ip protocol security module |
| f5 | big-ip wan optimization manager |
| f5 | big-ip webaccelerator |
| f5 | enterprise manager |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal | 2015-10-13 |
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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