CVE-2016-5745 is a critical vulnerability affecting F5 BIG-IP LTM systems across multiple 11.x and 12.x versions, allowing remote attackers to modify or extract system configuration files through NAT64-related vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the EPSS score is low and there is no known exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or community discussion, the high CVSS score and FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicate a significant potential risk. Organizations using affected F5 BIG-IP LTM systems should apply the specified hotfixes to mitigate this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:11.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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