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01 Record

CVE-2021-40858

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-12-13 03:27Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 02:51Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-09-10
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
cee27d9e2fe743d77fb73166b39a91cef18e3818d003805477244a9b6dddf2f0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
auerswaldcommander_6000r_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_6000r_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_6000rx_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_6000rx_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_basic.2(19")_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_basic.2(19")_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_business(19")_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcommander_business(19")_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_4000_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_4000r_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5000r_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5000r_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5010_voip_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5010_voip_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5020_voip_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5020_voip_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5200r_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5200r_ip_firmwareNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5500r_ipNot specified—
auerswaldcompact_5500r_ip_firmwareNot specified—

06 References