VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-5020

high
Published 2016-06-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/00/sol00265182.html

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_wan_optimization_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.1
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.2
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.3
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module10.2.4
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_application_acceleration_manager12.1.0
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.1
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.2
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.3
f5big-ip_edge_gateway10.2.4
f5big-ip_edge_gateway11.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.1
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.2
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.3
f5big-ip_webaccelerator10.2.4
f5big-ip_webaccelerator11.2.1
f5big-ip_domain_name_system12.0.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.2.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.4.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.1
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.2
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.3
f5big-ip_analytics11.5.4
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.0
f5big-ip_analytics11.6.1
f5big-ip_analytics12.0.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_access_policy_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.2
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.3
f5big-ip_link_controller10.2.4
f5big-ip_link_controller11.2.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.4.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.1
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.2
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.3
f5big-ip_link_controller11.5.4
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.0
f5big-ip_link_controller11.6.1
f5big-ip_link_controller12.0.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_local_traffic_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager12.0.0
f5big-ip_protocol_security_module11.3.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_global_traffic_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager10.2.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.2.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.4.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.2
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.3
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.5.4
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.0
f5big-ip_application_security_manager11.6.1
f5big-ip_application_security_manager12.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.