THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-8611
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8611

Big Ip Domain Name System vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
BIG-IP LTM, AAM, AFM, Analytics, APM, ASM, DNS, Link Controller, and PEM 12.0.0 before HF1 on the 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000, and 10000 platforms do not properly sync passwords with the Always-On Management (AOM) subsystem, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access to AOM via an (1) expired or (2) default password.
Affected vendor
F5
Affected product
Big Ip Domain Name System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-01-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8611

  • Confirm whether F5 Big Ip Domain Name System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8611.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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