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Medium
CVE-2016-6249
F5 BIG-IP 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 - 11.6.1 REST requests which...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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F5 BIG-IP, REST Framework Logging
Vulnerable Versions:
BIG-IP 12.0.0, BIG-IP 11.5.0 - 11.6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 20th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.