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CVE-2021-40857
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-522
Description
Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.
Affected products
- Auerswald Commander 6000R Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Commander 6000Rx Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Commander Basic.2(19") Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Commander Business(19") Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 4000 Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 5000R Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 5010 Voip Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 5020 Voip Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 5200R Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
- Auerswald Compact 5500R Ip Firmware: through 8.0b
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
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