CVE-2012-2441

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-04-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-521

Description

RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) before 3.3 has a factory account with a password derived from the MAC Address field in a banner, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by performing a calculation on this address value, and then establishing a (1) SSH or (2) HTTPS session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1803.

Affected products

Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System: before 3.3.0 — fixed in 3.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System 3.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195
http://www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75244
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195
http://www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf

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