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CVE-2016-5021

Published: Jun 24, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
4.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 33.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The iControl REST service in F5 BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, Link Controller, and PEM 11.5.x before 11.5.4, 11.6.x before 11.6.1, and 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP DNS 12.x before 12.0.0 HF3; BIG-IP GTM 11.5.x before 11.5.4 and 11.6.x before 11.6.1; BIG-IQ Cloud and Security 4.0.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Device 4.2.0 through 4.5.0; BIG-IQ ADC 4.5.0; BIG-IQ Centralized Management 4.6.0; and BIG-IQ Cloud and Orchestration 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

f5
commercial·US
big-iq application delivery controllerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-iq cloud and orchestrationSaaSWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-ip application acceleration managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip access policy managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
big-ip local traffic managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-ip global traffic managerOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
big-iq securityOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
big-iq cloudSaaSNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/k/99/sol99998454/
support.f5.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036172
securitytracker.com

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