CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-14847
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability — MikroTik RouterOS
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.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-12-01
- Remediation due
- 2022-06-01
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14847
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2018-08-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mikrotik routeros (<= 6.42)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability Vendor Advisory
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847 US Government Resource