CVE-2020-5721

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-5721
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-15 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-28 15:44:00 UTC
DescriptionMikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mikrotik Winbox All All All All

References

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MikroTik WinBox Cleartext Password Storage - Research Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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