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CVE-2021-40857
published 2021-12-13

CVE-2021-40857: Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

PriorityP358high8.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EXPLOIT
EPSS
2.03%
78.6th percentile
Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
auerswaldcommander_6000r_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcommander_6000rx_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcommander_basic.2_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcommander_business_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_4000_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_5000r_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_5010_voip_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_5020_voip_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_5200r_ip_firmware<= 8.0b
auerswaldcompact_5500r_ip_firmware<= 8.0b

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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