MikroTik RouterOS Path Traversal (CVE-2018-14847)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502066

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 502066

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 2/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14847

CWE: 22

Detections

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