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CVE-2012-2441

N/A
Published: April 28, 2012 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRUGGEDCOM Rugged Operating System

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

RUGGEDCOM Rugged Operating System· Siemens
95%
v < 3.3.0
Affected range stops below 3.3.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889195
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ruggedcom.com/productbulletin/ros-security-page/
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor/
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75244

CVSS

8.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-521

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