CVE detail
CVE-2018-14847: MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog · back to feed
Vendor / product
MikroTik · RouterOS
- Date added (KEV)
- Dec 01, 2021
- CISA due date
- Jun 01, 2022
- Ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
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Technical detail
From CISA
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.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14847
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- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploitExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploitExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdfBroken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bythewayExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdfBroken LinkExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bythewayExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847US Government Resource
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