CVE-2021-37174: Siemens Ruggedcom Rox MX5000 Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability has been identified in RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 (All versions < V2.14.1), RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 (All versions < V2.14.1). The affected devices have a privilege escalation vulnerability, if exploited, an attacker could gain root user access.

Affected products

• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox MX5000 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1400 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1500 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1501 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1510 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1511 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1512 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1524 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX1536 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)
• Siemens Ruggedcom Rox RX5000 Firmware: before 2.14.1 (fixed in 2.14.1)

Published 2021-09-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.