CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-40858

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2021-12-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-12-13
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Affected configurations

• auerswald compact 5500r ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald compact 5200r ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald compact 5000r ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald compact 4000 ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald commander 6000r ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald commander 6000rx ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald commander business\(19\"\) ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald commander basic.2\(19\"\) ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald compact 5010 voip ip firmware (<= 8.0b) • auerswald compact 5020 voip ip firmware (<= 8.0b)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References