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CVE-2012-1803

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1803 describes a critical backdoor vulnerability in RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) versions 3.10.x and earlier. A factory account with a password derived from the device's MAC address allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access via TELNET, remote shell, or serial console. With a CVSS score of 8.5, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating readily available tools for exploitation. Despite the existence of exploit code, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.2.0, <= 3.10.1CPE 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
49.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18779 · Apr 24, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4940 is in the 99th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0186.html
Broken Link
arstechnica.com / business/news/2012/04/backdoor-in-mission-critical-hardware-threatens-power-traffic-control-systems.ars
Third Party Advisory
ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-12-146-01A
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/277
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75120
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/18779
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/889195
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/MAPG-8RCPEN
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ruggedcom.com / productbulletin/ros-security-page
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53215
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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