CVE-2015-4040
Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2015-4040- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-4040- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-4068 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-4068- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pr85-mf4f-rm29 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the configuration utility in F5 BIG-IP before 12.0.0 and...
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.
- Record
GHSA-pr85-mf4f-rm29- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- f5 enterprise manager
- f5 big-ip access policy manager
- f5 big-ip advanced firewall manager
- f5 big-ip analytics
- f5 big-ip application acceleration manager
- f5 big-ip application security manager
- f5 big-ip edge gateway
- f5 big-ip global traffic manager
- f5 big-ip link controller
- f5 big-ip local traffic manager
- f5 big-ip policy enforcement manager
- f5 big-ip protocol security module
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Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | F5 Big-IP 10.2.4 Build 595.0 Hotfix HF3 - Directory Traversal | 2015-10-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-4040 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in F5 Enterprise Manager, published September 17, 2015. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.76%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.