Exploit / PoCmedium
A Russian cyber vigilante is patching outdated MikroTik routers
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-14847 | Directory Traversal in MikroTik RouterOS Winbox Interface (Unauthenticated File Read) | 9.1 | 96% | KEVPoC ×7 | KEV |
From the original article
2 min read at securityaffairs.com
A Russian-speaking hacker, who goes by the name of Alexey, claims to have hacked into over 100,000 MikroTik routers with a specific intent, disinfect them. Earlier August, experts uncovered a massive crypto jacking campaign that was targeting MikroTik routers to inject a Coinhive cryptocurrency mining script in the web traffic.
By @securityaffairs · securityaffairs.com
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