CVE-2021-40857

high

Description

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

References

https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses

https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0055