APP: Mikrotik RouterOS Denial Of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Mikrotik RouterOS. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended 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.

Affected Products

Mikrotik routeros

Short Name
APP:MISC:MIKROTIK-ROS-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
CVE-2012-6050 Denial Mikrotik Of RouterOS Service
Release Date
06/05/2018
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
Port
TCP/8291
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Mikrotik

CVSS Score

6.4

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