Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40859

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 07 December 2021

Published
07 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.7980 99.1th percentile
Risk Priority 67 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40859 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Auerswald Compact 5500R Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

auerswald
compact 5500r firmware
7.8a, 8.0b

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References