Critical severity · published Aug 25, 2022
CVE-2022-34960
The container package in MikroTik RouterOS 7.4beta4 allows an attacker to create mount points pointing to symbolic links, which resolve to locations on the host device
9.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The container package in MikroTik RouterOS 7.4beta4 allows an attacker to create mount points pointing to symbolic links, which resolve to locations on the host device. This allows the attacker to mount any arbitrary file to any location on the host.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RO
Routeros · Mikrotik
7.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34960
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34960
Broken Link
https://nns.ee/blog/2022/06/21/routeros-container-rce.html
Exploit
https://nns.ee/blog/2022/08/05/routeros-container-rce.html
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