7.8
HIGH
CVE-2012-1493
F5 BIG-IP SSH Private Key Access Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 9, 2012, 10:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1493 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 F5 big-ip_application_security_manager
2 F5 big-ip_global_traffic_manager
3 F5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager
4 F5 enterprise_manager
5 F5 tmos
6 F5 enterprise_manager
7 F5 big-ip_1000
8 F5 big-ip_11000
9 F5 big-ip_11050
10 F5 big-ip_1500
11 F5 big-ip_1600
12 F5 big-ip_2400
13 F5 big-ip_3400
14 F5 big-ip_3410
15 F5 big-ip_3600
16 F5 big-ip_3900
17 F5 big-ip_4100
18 F5 big-ip_5100
19 F5 big-ip_5110
20 F5 big-ip_6400
21 F5 big-ip_6800
22 F5 big-ip_6900
23 F5 big-ip_8400
24 F5 big-ip_8800
25 F5 big-ip_8900
26 F5 big-ip_8950

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
    Added Reference http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
    Added Reference https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
    Added Reference https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

47.51 }} 20.07%

score

0.97540

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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