Medium severity · published Feb 20, 2017
CVE-2016-6249
F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to…
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which timeout during user account authentication may log sensitive attributes such as passwords in plaintext to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. It may allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Analytics · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
12.0.0 · source: NVD
BG
Big-ip Global Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +1 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
BW
Big-ip Websafe · F5
11.5.0; 11.5.1; 11.5.2; 11.5.3; 11.5.4; 11.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6249
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6249
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037873
Vendor Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12685114
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