CVE-2012-1493

N/A Unknown
Published: July 09, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

F5 BIG-IP appliances 9.x before 9.4.8-HF5, 10.x before 10.2.4, 11.0.x before 11.0.0-HF2, and 11.1.x before 11.1.0-HF3, and Enterprise Manager before 2.1.0-HF2, 2.2.x before 2.2.0-HF1, and 2.3.x before 2.3.0-HF3, use a single SSH private key across different customers' installations and do not properly restrict access to this key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform SSH logins via the PubkeyAuthentication option.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch
https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
63.1%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-255

Affected Vendors

f5

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