CVE-2021-40858
Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-40858- CVSS 3.1
- 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
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-40858- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28014 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28014- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv No score
Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- auerswald commander 6000r ip firmware
- auerswald commander 6000rx ip firmware
- auerswald commander basic.2\(19\"\) ip firmware
- auerswald commander business\(19\"\) ip firmware
- auerswald compact 4000 ip firmware
- auerswald compact 5000r ip firmware
- auerswald compact 5010 voip ip firmware
- auerswald compact 5020 voip ip firmware
- auerswald compact 5200r ip firmware
- auerswald compact 5500r ip firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40858 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Auerswald Commander 6000r Ip Firmware, published December 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.47%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.