CVE-2020-5721
MikroTik 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.
Published:Apr 15, 2020
Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
EPS:Apr 15, 2020
EPSS Score:0.00101
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Mikrotik
Product
Winbox
Mikrotik
Winbox
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
