Vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros
CVE-2012-6050
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.094 (95.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.094 · newest: 0.094 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mikrotik Routeros — versions 5.15
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18817 (Exploit, exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75327 (vdb-entry)
- www.133tsec.com/2012/04/30/0day-ddos-mikrotik-server-side-ddos-attack/ (Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-6050?
- CVE-2012-6050 is a vulnerability in Mikrotik Routeros, classified under CWE-16. Published 2012-11-27.
- Is CVE-2012-6050 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.