CVE-2012-1493 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
Remote attackers can gain unauthorized SSH access to F5 BIG-IP appliances due to a shared private key, leading to potential system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1493?
CVE-2012-1493 is a high-severity vulnerability in F5 Big-Ip Application Security Manager, published on 9 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1493?
It affects 25 products.
Products include F5 Big-Ip 1000, F5 Big-Ip 11000, F5 Big-Ip 11050, F5 Big-Ip 1500, F5 Big-Ip 1600, F5 Big-Ip 2400 and 19 more.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1493?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-1493 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-1493 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xc6-7wh2-7r7r.