CVE-2021-40858

medium

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.

References

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

https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-006

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165166/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.9

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