F5 BIG-IP up to 15.0.1.5 AFM Configuration Utility Blind sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.6.5.1/12.1.5.1/13.1.3.4/14.1.2.7/15.0.1.5. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component AFM Configuration Utility. The manipulation leads to sql injection (Blind). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5920. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in F5 BIG-IP up to 11.6.5.1/12.1.5.1/13.1.3.4/14.1.2.7/15.0.1.5 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component AFM Configuration Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability (Blind). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In versions 15.0.0-15.1.0.5, 14.1.0-14.1.2.7, 13.1.0-13.1.3.4, 12.1.0-12.1.5.1, and 11.6.1-11.6.5.1, a vulnerability in the BIG-IP AFM Configuration utility may allow any authenticated BIG-IP user to perform a read-only blind SQL injection attack.

The weakness was disclosed 08/26/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.f5.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-5920 since 01/06/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/26/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• F5

Name

• BIG-IP

Version

• 11.6.5.0
• 11.6.5.1
• 12.1.5.0
• 12.1.5.1
• 13.1.3.0
• 13.1.3.1
• 13.1.3.2
• 13.1.3.3
• 13.1.3.4
• 14.1.2.0
• 14.1.2.1
• 14.1.2.2
• 14.1.2.3
• 14.1.2.4
• 14.1.2.5
• 14.1.2.6
• 14.1.2.7
• 15.0.1.0
• 15.0.1.1
• 15.0.1.2
• 15.0.1.3
• 15.0.1.4
• 15.0.1.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://f5.com/

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