MikroTik RouterOS Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CVE-2012-6050)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502071

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502071

File Name: tenable_ot_mikrotik_CVE-2012-6050.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 2/27/2024

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6050

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros:5.15

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/MikroTik

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6050

CWE: 400

Detections

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