F5 BIG-IP - BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2015-4040
🗓️ 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - File Path Traversal Vulnerability | 13 Oct 201500:00 | – | zdt | |
| F5 BIG-IP Directory Traversal Vulnerability | 18 Sep 201500:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2015-4040 | 17 Sep 201516:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2015-4040 | 17 Sep 201516:00 | – | cvelist | |
| F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal | 13 Oct 201500:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| EUVD-2015-4068 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal | 13 Oct 201500:00 | – | exploitpack | |
| K17253: BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2015-4040 | 21 Feb 202318:46 | – | f5 | |
| SOL17253 - BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2015-4040 | 9 Sep 201500:00 | – | f5 | |
| F5 Networks BIG-IP : BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability (K17253) | 10 Sep 201500:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
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| my | www.my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17253 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/h:f5:big-ip";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105362");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-4040");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
script_name("F5 BIG-IP - BIG-IP Configuration utility vulnerability CVE-2015-4040");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K17253");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An authenticated user is able to traverse the web root to gain access to files located within the web root only.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An authenticated user issue a request to the BIG-IP configuration utility that contains a path traversal. (CVE-2015-4040 - pending)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing a security patch.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-18 14:41:41 +0200 (Fri, 18 Sep 2015)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("F5 Local Security Checks");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_f5_big_ip_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("f5/big_ip/version", "f5/big_ip/active_modules");
exit(0);
}
include("f5.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, service: "ssh-login"))
exit(0);
check_f5["LTM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.3;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["AAM"] = make_array("affected", "11.4.0-11.6.3;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["AFM"] = make_array("affected", "11.4.0-11.6.3;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["AVR"] = make_array("affected", "11.4.0-11.6.3;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["APM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.3;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["ASM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.3;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["GTM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.3;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2;");
check_f5["LC"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.6.3;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["PEM"] = make_array("affected", "11.3.0-11.6.3;",
"unaffected", "11.6.3.2-14.0.0;");
check_f5["PSM"] = make_array("affected", "11.0.0-11.4.1;10.1.0-10.2.4;",
"unaffected", "");
if (report = f5_is_vulnerable(ca: check_f5, version: version)) {
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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