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CVE-2018-14847

critical

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/

https://www.tenable.com/blog/analyzing-the-vulnerabilities-associated-with-the-top-malware-strains-of-2021

https://github.com/mourafuseti/VULNERAVEL-CVE-2018-14847---CREDENCIAIS-EXTRAIDAS

https://github.com/kevxngg/domaininfo

https://github.com/mahmoodsabir/mikrotik-beast

https://github.com/syrex1013/MikroRoot

https://github.com/msterusky/WinboxExploit

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847

https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/

https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf

https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit

https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-6729

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-08-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.96087