CVE-2012-2997

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2997
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-21 18:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionXML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php in F5 BIG-IP 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 and 11.0.0 through 11.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.088490000 probability, percentile 0.925660000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Big-ip Configuration Utility 10.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Configuration Utility 10.2.4 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Configuration Utility 11.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Configuration Utility 11.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Lab - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com Exploit
F5 Networks BIG-IP CVE-2012-2997 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0093.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/89447 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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