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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-40858

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 2.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.39% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
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.