MikroTik Winbox up to 3.20 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MikroTik Winbox up to 3.20. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-5720. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MikroTik Winbox up to 3.20 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

MikroTik WinBox before 3.21 is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that allows creation of arbitrary files wherevere WinBox has write permissions. WinBox is vulnerable to this attack if it connects to a malicious endpoint or if an attacker mounts a man in the middle attack.

The weakness was presented 02/06/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-5720 since 01/06/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.21 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Winbox 3.21

Timelineinfo

01/06/2020 🔍
02/06/2020 +31 days 🔍
02/07/2020 +1 days 🔍
03/28/2024 +1511 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-5720 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-5720
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149783

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2020 11:22
Updated: 03/28/2024 19:34
Changes: 02/07/2020 11:22 (36), 02/07/2020 11:27 (17), 03/28/2024 19:34 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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