Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-40858

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165166/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-006 x_refsource_MISC