High severity · published Apr 10, 2019
CVE-2019-3943
MikroTik RouterOS versions Stable 6.43.12 and below, Long-term 6.42.12 and below, and Testing 6.44beta75 and below are vulnerable to an authenticated, remote directory traversal…
8.1
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MikroTik RouterOS versions Stable 6.43.12 and below, Long-term 6.42.12 and below, and Testing 6.44beta75 and below are vulnerable to an authenticated, remote directory traversal via the HTTP or Winbox interfaces. An authenticated, remote attack can use this vulnerability to read and write files outside of the sandbox directory (/rw/disk).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RO
Routeros · Mikrotik
through 6.42.12; through 6.43.12; 6.41; 6.41; 6.41; 6.41; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3943
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3943
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-16
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