CVE-2020-5721

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-5721

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-04-15T21:15:36

Last Modified Date
2020-04-28T15:44:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-522	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/522.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:mikrotik:winbox::::::::	1	OR		3.22

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5721
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5721

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:35:12				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 14:57:52	2020-04-15T21:15Z	2020-04-15T21:15:36	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 14:57:52		2020-04-28T15:44:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 14:57:52		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated