CVE-2018-14847

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    CVE-2018-14847

    Published: 2 Aug 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847, , https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability, https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC, https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit, https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway, https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/, https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf, https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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