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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-40857

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

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.03%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.03% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Affected
auerswald/compact 5500r ip firmware · auerswald/compact 5200r ip firmware · auerswald/compact 5000r ip firmware · auerswald/compact 4000 ip firmware · auerswald/commander 6000r ip firmware · auerswald/commander 6000rx ip firmware · auerswald/commander business\(19\"\) ip firmware · auerswald/commander basic.2\(19\"\) ip firmware · auerswald/compact 5010 voip ip firmware · auerswald/compact 5020 voip ip firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.