Check Point Advisories

MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Authentication Bypass (CVE-2018-14847)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0830
Date Published: 6 Aug 2018
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 13 November, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-14847
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? MikroTik RouterOS 6.42 and below
Vulnerability Description An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the Winbox component of Mikrotik RouterOS. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted packets to the affected server. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to hijack a user's session and escalating their access.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Authentication Bypass (CVE-2018-14847) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Authentication Bypass (CVE-2018-14847)

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