CVE-2012-1493

high

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.

References

https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-09

Updated: 2012-07-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High