Security News > 2022 > May > Critical F5 BIG-IP vulnerability targeted by destructive attacks

A recently disclosed F5 BIG-IP vulnerability has been used in destructive attacks, attempting to erase a device's file system and make the server unusable.

Last week, F5 disclosed a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-1388 that allows remote attackers to execute commands on BIG-IP network devices as 'root' without authentication.

While most attacks have been used to drop webshells for initial access to networks, steal SSH keys, and enumerate system information, SANS Internet Storm Center saw two attacks that targeted BIG-IP devices in a much more nefarious manner.

SANS told BleepingComputer that their honeypots saw two attacks coming from IP address 177.54.127[.]111 that executes the 'rm -rf /*' command on the targeted BIG-IP device.

Thankfully, these destructive attacks are not widespread, with threat actors looking to benefit from breaching the devices rather than causing damage.

While the destructive attacks seen by SANS may be rare, the fact that they are happening should be all the incentive an admin needs to get their devices updated to the latest patch levels.

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