CVE-2018-14847 KEV EXPLOIT
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 96.1% (pctl 100)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-01.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 96.09% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-06-01 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-08-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-12-01 |
| Due | 2022-06-01 |
| Vendor / product | MikroTik / RouterOS |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mikrotik | routeros |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MicroTik RouterOS < 6.43rc3 - Remote Root | 2018-10-10 |
References
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
- https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
- https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
- https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway
- https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847
- https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847
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