CVE-2018-14847

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.

• CWE-22
• CWE-22

• https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoCExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploitExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdfBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bythewayExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerabilityVendor Advisory
• https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoCExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploitExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdfBroken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bythewayExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847US Government Resource

Published

Aug 2, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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