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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

2012-04-28T00:55:01.360

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 8.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-521

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	siemens	ruggedcom_rugged_operating_system	< 3.3.0	Yes

References

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75244 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75244 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)