Backdoors were discovered in Auerswald COMpact 5500R 7.8A and 8.0B devices, that allow attackers with access to the web based management app

Summary

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 the device.

Timeline

1. Dec 6, 2021Public exploit on Exploit-DB

   EDB-50569

2. Dec 7, 2021, 6:59 PM UTCCVE published
3. Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 AM UTCRecord last updated
4. Oct 28, 2026EPSS reached 10%

   FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

• n/a n/a

  Version range not reported

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