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F5 BIG-IP TMUI Directory Traversal and File Upload RCE

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F5 BIG-IP TMUI Directory Traversal and File Upload RCE

Disclosed
06/30/2020
Created
11/02/2023

Description

This module exploits a directory traversal in F5's BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface (TMUI) to upload a shell script and execute it as the Unix root user. Unix shell access is obtained by escaping the restricted Traffic Management Shell (TMSH). The escape may not be reliable, and you may have to run the exploit multiple times. Sorry! Versions 11.6.1-11.6.5, 12.1.0-12.1.5, 13.1.0-13.1.3, 14.1.0-14.1.2, 15.0.0, and 15.1.0 are known to be vulnerable. Fixes were introduced in 11.6.5.2, 12.1.5.2, 13.1.3.4, 14.1.2.6, and 15.1.0.4. Tested against the VMware OVA release of 14.1.2.

Author(s)

  • Mikhail Klyuchnikov
  • wvu <wvu@metasploit.com>

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, x86, x64

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/http/f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902
msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(f5_bigip_tmui_rce_cve_2020_5902) > exploit

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