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CVE-2012-2053

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The sudoers file in the Linux system configuration in F5 FirePass 6.0.0 through 6.1.0 and 7.0.0 does not require a password for executing commands as root, which allows local users to gain privileges via the sudo program, as demonstrated by the user account that executes PHP scripts, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1777.

Affected products

• F5 Firepass: 6.0, 6.1.0, 7.0.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74813
• https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120328-0_F5_FirePass_SSL_VPN_unauthenticated_remote_root_v1.0.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74813
• https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120328-0_F5_FirePass_SSL_VPN_unauthenticated_remote_root_v1.0.txt

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