PT-2014-2260 · F5 · F5 Big-Ip

Published 2014-01-21 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2997

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions F5 BIG-IP versions 10.0.0 through 10.2.4 F5 BIG-IP versions 11.0.0 through 11.2.1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML file, exploiting an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php file.

Recommendations For F5 BIG-IP versions 10.0.0 through 10.2.4, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For F5 BIG-IP versions 11.0.0 through 11.2.1, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sam/admin/vpe2/public/php/server.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2997

Affected Products

F5 Big-Ip

References · 8

• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0093.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20130122-0_F5_BIG-IP_XML_External_Entity_Injection_v10.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38233 · Exploit
• http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/100/sol14138.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2997 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81426 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/57496 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/89447 · Note