PT-2020-18645 · Mikrotik · Winbox

Published 2020-02-06 · Updated 2020-02-10 · CVE-2020-5720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MikroTik WinBox versions prior to 3.21

Description The issue allows creation of arbitrary files wherever WinBox has write permissions due to a path traversal vulnerability. This can occur if WinBox connects to a malicious endpoint or if an attacker mounts a man-in-the-middle attack.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.21, update to version 3.21 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to untrusted networks and avoiding connections to unknown endpoints to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-5720

Affected Products

Winbox

References · 4

• 🔥 https://tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-07 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-5720 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5720 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/853 · Telegram Post