CVE-2015-4040

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.068 · 94 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

6.76% (94th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and Enterprise Manager 3.0.0 through 3.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files in the web root via unspecified vectors.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.6–4

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v2.03.6lowAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-38448F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory TraversalPoC · exploit_db

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
f5 big-ip access policy manager≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip analytics≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application acceleration manager≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_acceleration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip application security manager≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_application_security_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip edge gateway≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_edge_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip global traffic manager≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_global_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip link controller≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_link_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip local traffic manager≤ 11.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_policy_enforcement_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip protocol security module≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_protocol_security_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip wan optimization manager≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_wan_optimization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip webaccelerator≤ 11.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_webaccelerator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 enterprise manager= 3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:enterprise_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 enterprise manager= 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:enterprise_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 enterprise manager= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:enterprise_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-09-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

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