CVE-2020-5902 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2021-11-03
The F5 BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI), also known as the Configuration utility, contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (path traversal). This allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to the TMUI to execute arbitrary system commands, create or delete files, and disable services.
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How is CVE-2020-5902 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-5902?
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