RULE(RULE ID:712739)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2018-10-09
Rule Name: Mikrotik Winbox Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability (CVE-2018-14847)
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CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: 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.
Impact: The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
Affected OS: Network Device, Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Other Unix, Linux, Others, Android
Reference: ExploitDB:45578
https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC
https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit
https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf
Solutions
Refer to the announcement or patch by the vendor: https://mikrotik.com/