Vulnerability in Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System
CVE-2012-2441
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 8.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.085 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/ (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75244 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-thr… (Third Party Advisory)