CVEs-PoC/2021/CVE-2021-40857.md

### [CVE-2021-40857](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-40857)
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### Description

Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Privilege Escalation via the passwd=1 substring.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165163/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-005
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon