CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15. Affected is an unknown function in the library roteros.dll. The manipulation leads to config. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-6050. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Details
A vulnerability was found in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 (Router Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality in the library roteros.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-16. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router s DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
The weakness was released 11/26/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6050 since 11/26/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592.004 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
A public exploit has been developed by PoURaN and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 209 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11513 (MikroTik RouterOS .dll/plugin File Request Saturation Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75327), Exploit-DB (18817), OSVDB (81805†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52388†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploiting
Class: ConfigCWE: CWE-16
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: PoURaN
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Timeline
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Sources
Advisory: exploit-db.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2012-6050 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6050
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63071
X-Force: 75327
OSVDB: 81805
Vulnerability Center: 52388 - MikroTik RouterOS Remote DoS and Information Disclosure in WinBox Service, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 12:22 PMUpdated: 12/29/2024 12:28 AM
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 PM (54), 11/20/2017 12:18 PM (9), 07/29/2024 08:30 AM (16), 12/29/2024 12:28 AM (3)
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