CVE-2012-2441

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-04-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2441 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.15%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2441

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18779 exploit_db edb 2012-04-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2441

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-03 28.36% 25.15% -3.21%
2 2026-03-20 27.54% 28.36% +0.82%
3 2025-12-28 — 27.54% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2441

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 6.8 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2441

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2441

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
siemens ruggedcom_rugged_operating_system < 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:o:siemens:ruggedcom_rugged_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2441

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