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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…
Medium6.4EPSS 9.4%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 18817 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- mikrotik-winbox-dos(75327) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.133tsec.com/2012/04/30/0day-ddos-mikrotik-server-side-ddos-attack/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .