Medium severity · published Apr 15, 2020
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
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Winbox · Mikrotik
through 3.22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5721
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5721
Exploit
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23
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