CVE-2018-14847

high-risk
Published 2018-08-02

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.

Do I need to act?

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93.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 6% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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1 public exploit available
45578
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.1/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mikrotik

References (16)

Exploit https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
Exploit https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
Broken Link https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon...
Exploit https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
Exploit https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
Vendor Advisory https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
Exploit https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
Exploit https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
Exploit https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
Broken Link https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon...
Exploit https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
Exploit https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
Exploit https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
US Government Resource https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-...
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high-risk
Severity 31/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal