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CVE-2012-1493

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.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1493 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 25 products from f5, from f5, from f5 and 22 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-07-09T22:55:00.887

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.4.4	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.4.5	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.4.6	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.4.7	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	9.4.8	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.0.1	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_application_security_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	*	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	9.2.2	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	9.4.8	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_global_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	*	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	9.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	9.4.8	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	10.2.3	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.0.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	big-ip_local_traffic_manager	11.1.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	*	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	2.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.4	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5.6	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5.9	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5.10	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5.11	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.5.12	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.6	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	4.6.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0.4	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.0.5	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.1.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.1.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.1.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.2.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.2.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.2.4	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.2.5	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.3.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.2	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.3	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.4	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.5	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.6	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.7	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.4.8	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.6.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	9.6.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	10.0.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	10.0.1	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	10.1.0	Yes
Operating System	f5	tmos	10.2.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_1000	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_11000	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_11050	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_1500	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_1600	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_2400	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_3400	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_3410	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_3600	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_3900	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_4100	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_5100	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_5110	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_6400	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_6800	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_6900	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_8400	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_8800	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_8900	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	big-ip_8950	*	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	*	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	1.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.1.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.2.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.3.0	Yes
Application	f5	enterprise_manager	2.3.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	*	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	1.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.1.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.1.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.2.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.3.0	Yes
Hardware	f5	enterprise_manager	2.3.0	Yes

References

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/ ([email protected])
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt ([email protected])
http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/600/sol13600.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/13/f5_kit_metasploit_exploit/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/ssh/f5_bigip_known_privkey.rb Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2012-002.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For f5's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.