5.3med
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 pa…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 27%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- F5 Networks F5 BIG-IP, REST Framework Logging
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- support.f5.com /csp/article/K12685114 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1037873 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6249
- NVD: CVE-2016-6249
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