CVE-2021-40857

Summary

CVECVE-2021-40857
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-12-13 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-31 16:33:00 UTC
DescriptionAuerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Auerswald Commander 6000rx Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Commander 6000rx Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Commander 6000r Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Commander 6000r Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Commander Basic.219 Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Commander Basic.219 Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Commander Business19 Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Commander Business19 Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 4000r Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 4000 Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 5000r Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 5000r Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 5010 Voip Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 5010 Voip Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 5020 Voip Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 5020 Voip Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 5200r Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 5200r Ip Firmware All All All All
Hardware Auerswald Compact 5500r Ip - All All All
Operating System Auerswald Compact 5500r Ip Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RedTeam Pentesting GmbH - Advisories: Publicised Vulnerability Analyses MISC www.redteam-pentesting.de
RedTeam Pentesting GmbH - Auerswald COMpact Privilege Escalation MISC www.redteam-pentesting.de
Auerswald COMpact 8.0B Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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