PT-2021-22986 · Auerswald · Auerswald Compact 5500R

Published 2021-12-06 · Updated 2022-03-31 · CVE-2021-40857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Auerswald COMpact 5500R versions prior to 8.2B

Description The issue allows Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2B, update to version 8.2B or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-522

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40857

Affected Products

Auerswald Compact 5500R

References · 8

• 🔥 https://redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses · Exploit
• 🔥 https://redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40857 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/33795 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/16113 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/91318 · Telegram Post