THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-2441
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2441

Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System vulnerability

CVSS
8.5
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) before 3.3 has a factory account with a password derived from the MAC Address field in a banner, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by performing a calculation on this address value, and then establishing a (1) SSH or (2) HTTPS session, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1803.
Affected vendor
Siemens
Affected product
Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements
Published
2012-04-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2441

  • Confirm whether Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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