CVE-2018-14847 on CISA KEV

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.

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
• github.com — https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
• github.com — https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon…
• github.com — https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
• github.com — https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
• n0p.me — https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
• github.com — https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
• mikrotik.com — https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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