CVE-2012-2441: Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System

High severity, CVSS 8.5. EPSS: 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Siemens Ruggedcom Rugged Operating System: before 3.3.0 (fixed in 3.3.0)

Published 2012-04-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.