CVE-2016-6249 affects F5 BIG-IP versions 12.0.0 and 11.5.0 through 11.6.1, where timed-out REST requests during user authentication can inadvertently log sensitive information, including plaintext passwords, to /var/log/restjavad.0.log. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in low impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_access_policy_manager:11.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.