CVE-2016-6249
moderate-risk
Published 2017-02-20
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.06% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
47
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
29/34 · Critical