9.8crit
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…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 67%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- F5 Networks, Inc. BIG-IP Azure cloud instance
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
- support.f5.com /csp/article/K61757346 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1038569 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-6131
- NVD: CVE-2017-6131
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