CVE-2021-40857

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

CVSS v3.1

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 80th percentile

Published

2021-12-13

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.h…
• https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005
• https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-anal…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-40856
• CVE-2021-40858
• CVE-2021-40847
• CVE-2021-40859
• CVE-2021-40845
• CVE-2021-40865