CVE-2012-6050

high

Description

The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75327

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-5924

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18817

http://www.133tsec.com/2012/04/30/0day-ddos-mikrotik-server-side-ddos-attack/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-11-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.15305