CVE-2020-5721
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-04-15 20:50
Modified
2024-08-04 08:39
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
vulnreport@tenable.comhttps://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a MikroTik WinBox Version: 3.22 and below
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