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Critical · 9.1 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2018-14847 EUVD-2018-6729GHSA-j583-4cfp-xf9m

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write …

Published Aug 2, 2018 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 14 repositories · most starred shown

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