CVE-2018-14847

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.1

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.1

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/2/2018

Last Modified11/7/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMikroTik

ProductRouterOS

Vulnerability NameMikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-12-01

Remediation Due Date2022-06-01

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

mikrotik:routeros

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22CWE-22

References

https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847(cve@mitre.org)

https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability(cve@mitre.org)

https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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