CVE-2021-40859 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Backdoors were discovered in Auerswald COMpact 5500R 7.8A and 8.0B devices, that allow attackers with access to the web based management application full administrative access to the device.

Published: 2021-12-07

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 72.0% High

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_5500r_firmware:7.8a:build002:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:auerswald:compact_5500r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:auerswald:compact_5500r_firmware:8.0b:build000:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:auerswald:compact_5500r:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.71979.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2021-007/-auerswald-compact-multiple-backdoors

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Auerswald Compact 5500r Compact 5500r Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-07T18:59:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:07.465Z

Reserved: 2021-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40859

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-07T19:15:07.547

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:07:33.233

Link: CVE-2021-40859

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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