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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 router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.

Severity
Medium 6.4
Published
27 Nov 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
9.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 95% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-16
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MikroTik RouterOSServers and applications · cpe:o:mikrotik:routeros
  • Version 5.15

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6050
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6050