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 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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - f5sirt@f5.com

Published

2017-05-23

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

• Big-ip Access Policy Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Application Security Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Domain Name System (F5)
• Big-ip Link Controller (F5)
• Big-ip Local Traffic Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager (F5)
• Big-ip Websafe (F5)
• Big-ip Azure Cloud Instance (F5 Networks Inc.)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038569
• https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61757346