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Certain F5 BIG-IP and Enterprise Manager releases use one SSH private key across installations belonging to different customers and fail to properly restrict access to that key. An attacker who obtains the shared key can use SSH public-key authentication to log in remotely to affected systems.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit exploit module targeting F5 BIG-IP appliances vulnerable to CVE-2012-1493. The exploit leverages a known, hardcoded SSH private key distributed with F5 BIG-IP devices, allowing attackers to authenticate as root via SSH without a password. The module is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit exploit, requiring the attacker to specify the target host and port (default 22 for SSH). Upon successful authentication using the embedded private key, the module provides an interactive root shell to the attacker. The exploit is operational and includes the full private key within the code. No additional files or detection scripts are present; the repository is focused solely on exploitation using the Metasploit framework.
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