Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2020
CVE-2020-5720
MikroTik WinBox before 3.21 is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability that allows creation of arbitrary files wherevere WinBox has write permissions
5.9
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Winbox · Mikrotik
before 3.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5720
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5720
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-07
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