CVE-2012-1493

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1493
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-09 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionF5 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware F5 Big-ip 1000 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 11000 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 11050 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 1500 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 1600 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 2400 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 3400 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 3410 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 3600 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 3900 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 4100 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 5100 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 5110 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 6400 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 6800 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 6900 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 8400 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 8800 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 8900 All All All All
Hardware F5 Big-ip 8950 All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.0.1 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 10.2.3 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.0.0 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 11.1.0 hf2 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.2.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.2.0 hf4 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.4 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.5 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.6 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.7 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager 9.4.8 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 10.2.3 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 11.0.0 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 11.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 11.1.0 hf2 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 9.2.2 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager 9.4.8 hf4 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 10.2.3 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.0.0 hf1 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.1.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 11.1.0 hf2 All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 9.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager 9.4.8 hf4 All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager All All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 1.0 All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.0 All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 hf1 virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.2.0 All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.3.0 All virtual All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 2.3.0 hf2 virtual All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager All All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 1.0 All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.0 All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.1.0 hf1 All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.2.0 All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.3.0 All All All
Hardware F5 Enterprise Manager 2.3.0 hf2 All All
Operating System F5 Tmos All All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 10.0.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 10.0.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 10.1.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 10.2.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 2.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.4 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5.10 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5.11 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5.12 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5.6 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.5.9 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.6 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 4.6.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0.4 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.0.5 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.1.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.1.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.1.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.2.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.2.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.2.4 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.2.5 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.3.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.1 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.2 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.3 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.4 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.5 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.6 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.7 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.4.8 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.6.0 All All All
Operating System F5 Tmos 9.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustmatta.com
metasploit-framework/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb at master · rapid7/metasploit-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
Exploit posted for vulnerable F5 kit • The Register af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theregister.co.uk
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