{
    "id": "CVE-2015-4040",
    "published": "2015-09-17 16:59:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:26:40",
    "cvss_score": "4.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.06756",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93763",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:14",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_access_policy_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_analytics"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_application_acceleration_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_application_security_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_edge_gateway"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_global_traffic_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_link_controller"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_local_traffic_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_protocol_security_module"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_wan_optimization_manager"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "big-ip_webaccelerator"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "f5",
            "product": "enterprise_manager"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "38448",
            "title": "F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal",
            "date": "2015-10-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38448"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}