Critical severity · published May 23, 2017
CVE-2017-6131
In some circumstances, an F5 BIG-IP version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 Azure cloud instance may contain a default administrative password which could be used to remotely log into…
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In some circumstances, an F5 BIG-IP version 12.0.0 to 12.1.2 and 13.0.0 Azure cloud instance may contain a default administrative password which could be used to remotely log into the BIG-IP system. The impacted administrative account is the Azure instance administrative user that was created at deployment. The root and admin accounts are not vulnerable. An attacker may be able to remotely access the BIG-IP host via SSH.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% 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
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BA
Big-ip Application Security Manager · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BD
Big-ip Domain Name System · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Link Controller · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BL
Big-ip Local Traffic Manager · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BP
Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
BW
Big-ip Websafe · F5
12.0.0; 12.1.0; 12.1.1; 12.1.2; 13.0.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
BA
Big-ip Access Policy Manager
F5
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