CVE-2018-14847

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14847
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-08-02 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-03-07 14:12:00 UTC
DescriptionMikroTik 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.960870000 probability, percentile 0.998690000 (date 2026-07-21)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-12-01; due 2022-06-01; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorMikroTik
ProductRouterOS
NameMikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14847

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mikrotik Routeros All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dissection of Winbox critical vulnerability MISC n0p.me Exploit, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - BigNerd95/WinboxExploit: Proof of Concept of Winbox Critical Vulnerability MISC github.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - BasuCert/WinboxPoC: Proof of Concept of Winbox Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14847) MISC github.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
MicroTik RouterOS < 6.43rc3 - Remote Root - Hardware remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
routeros/poc/cve_2018_14847 at master · tenable/routeros · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
routeros/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf at master · tenable/routeros · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
routeros/poc/bytheway at master · tenable/routeros · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

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