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CVE-2012-2441· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) before 3.3 has a factory account with a password derived from the MAC Address field in a banner, whi

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.

HighCVSS 8.5 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Apr 27, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
8.5% · 95th percentile
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Action score

37

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CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 8.5%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
siemensruggedcom rugged operating system

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • siemens ruggedcom rugged operating systembefore 3.3.0

Same product

siemens: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-1803RuggedCom Rugged Operating System (ROS) 3.10.x and earlier has a factory account with a password derived from the MAC Address field in the b
    49Plan
  • CVE-2013-6925The integrated HTTPS server in Siemens RuggedCom ROS before 3.12.2 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by predicting a session id
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2014-1966The SNMP implementation in Siemens RuggedCom ROS before 3.11, ROS 3.11 for RS950G, ROS 3.12 before 3.12.4, and ROS 4.0 for RSG2488 allows re
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6926The integrated HTTPS server in Siemens RuggedCom ROS before 3.12.2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions on admi
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2014-2590The web management interface in Siemens RuggedCom ROS before 3.11, ROS 3.11 before 3.11.5 for RS950G, ROS 3.12, and ROS 4.0 for RSG2488 allo
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2015-6675Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROS 3.8.0 through 4.1.x permanently enables the IP forwarding feature, which allows remote attackers to bypass a VLAN isol
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-04-24

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-4 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+5269 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    C · data can be read
    Integrity
    C · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    C · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    C
    Integrity impact
    C
    Availability impact
    C

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-521 · Weak Password Requirements

    CVSS vector

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

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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