Rule Category

POLICY-OTHER --

Alert Message

POLICY-OTHER Auerswald COMpact privilege escalation attempt

Rule Explanation

This rule looks for an HTTP request to a certain endpoint with the 'passwd' variable set to 1.

What To Look For

This rule alerts on an attempt to gather plain text credentials of a user on an Auerswald COMpact device.

Known Usage

Public information/Proof of Concept available

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Additional Links

Rule Vulnerability

Escalation of Privilege

An Escalation of Privilege (EOP) attack is any attack method that results in a user or application gaining permissions to access resources they normally would not have access to.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2021-40857
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