PT-2021-22987 · Auerswald · Auerswald Compact 5500R

Published 2021-12-06 · Updated 2022-01-04 · CVE-2021-40858

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

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

Description The issue allows a sub-admin to read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName parameter with a substring such as ../../etc/passwd. This enables Arbitrary File Disclosure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.2B, update to version 8.2B or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the fileName parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40858

Affected Products

Auerswald Compact 5500R

References · 9

• 🔥 https://redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-006 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165166/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40858 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40858 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/33784 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/24780 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/91319 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/16112 · Telegram Post