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CVE-2012-2441

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2441 describes a critical vulnerability in RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) versions prior to 3.3, where a factory account's password can be derived from the device's MAC address, allowing unauthorized access. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.5, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18779) confirms the existence of public exploit code, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:siemens:ruggedcom_rugged_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

8.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18779 · Apr 24, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0861 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

arstechnica.com / business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75244
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/889195
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ruggedcom.com / productbulletin/ros-security-page
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICS-ALERT-12-116-01A.pdf
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
wired.com / threatlevel/2012/04/ruggedcom-backdoor
Third Party Advisory