CVE-2021-37173
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-09-14
- Fixed in2.14.1
- WeaknessCWE-269
Am I affected?
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Description
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 command line interface of affected devices insufficiently restrict file read and write operations for low privileged users. This could allow an authenticated remote attacker to escalate privileges and gain root access to the device.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-09-1411:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-37173?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-37173?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.14 | < 2.14.1 | 2.14.1 | NVD |
7 more products in the sources.
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX (Update A)
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 · RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 · RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 · +7 more
Fix
- Update Siemens ruggedcom rox mx5000 firmware to 2.14.1
- Vendor fix CISA ICSA-21-259-01 · 10 productsUpdate to V2.14.1 or later version
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-21-259-01 · 10 productsApply the principle of least privileges for accounts configured on the affected devices
Advisories and patches
- cert-portal.siemens.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-269read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-09-14
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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