CVE-2012-1493
What it is
F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 63.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 63.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 63.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.2.0
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.4
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.5
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.6
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.7
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.8
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.0
- f5 big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.1
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
References
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
- http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt