CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-5721

MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:winbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-04-15 09:15

Updated : 2020-04-28 03:44

NVD link : CVE-2020-5721

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5721

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-522