Auerswald develops a focused line of business telecommunications equipment, including IP-based phone systems and unified communications devices that serve small to medium enterprises. Vulnerabilities affecting the vendor skew toward serious outcomes and frequently acquire public exploit code; the recurring exposure centers on its ComforTel and Commander product lines and concentrates in weaknesses including path traversal, OS command injection, buffer boundary violations, and insufficiently protected credentials that are characteristic of embedded network appliances with administrative interfaces. Defenders should prioritize patching internet-accessible instances of these devices and enforce network segmentation around management access; live severity and exploitation counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Auerswald over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (7 CVEs).
7 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-40859CRITICAL Backdoors were discovered in Auerswald COMpact 5500R 7.8A and 8.0B devices, that allow attackers with access to the web based management application full administrative access to t | Dec 7, 2021 | 9.8 | 85 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-40856HIGH Auerswald COMfortel 1400 IP and 2600 IP before 2.8G devices allow Authentication Bypass via the /about/../ substring. | Dec 13, 2021 | 7.5 | 64 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-40857HIGH Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring. | Dec 13, 2021 | 8.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-19978HIGH A buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCP and PPPOE configuration interface of the Auerswald COMfort 1200 IP phone 3.4.4.1-10589 allows a remote attacker (authenticated as simple | May 29, 2019 | 8.0 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-19977HIGH A command injection (missing input validation, escaping) in the ftp upgrade configuration interface on the Auerswald COMfort 1200 IP phone 3.4.4.1-10589 allows an authenticated rem | May 29, 2019 | 8.0 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-40858MEDIUM Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring. | Dec 13, 2021 | 4.9 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-1457MEDIUM Auerswald COMsuite CTI ControlCenter 3.1 creates a default "runasositron" user account with an easily guessable password, which allows local users or remote attackers to gain acces | Dec 31, 2003 | 4.6 | 18 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (7 CVEs).
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