CVE-2017-6131
high-risk
Published 2017-05-23
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.78% 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
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
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https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61757346
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https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K61757346
60
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
25/34 · High