CVE-2016-6249

MEDIUM

F5 BIG-IP <12.0.0, 11.6.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12685114
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037873

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (50)
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.0
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.1
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.2
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.3
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.5.4
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.6.0
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 11.6.1
f5/big-ip_access_policy_manager 12.0.0
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.0
f5/big-ip_advanced_firewall_manager 11.5.1
... and 40 more
Published Feb 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026