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CVE-2023-30799

MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. The attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS 9.1 · CriticalBuzz score 25.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
17.9
5 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
5 source links · newest first
  • A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Now Abyss Locker also targets VMware ESXi servers Russian APT BlueBravo targets diplomatic entities with GraphicalProton […]

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    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 30, 2023, 8:00 AM
  • A privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2023-30799) could allow attackers to commandeer up to 900,000 MikroTik routers, says VulnCheck researcher Jacob Baines. While exploting it does require authentication, acquiring credentials to access the routers is not that difficult. “RouterOS [the underlying operating system] ships with a fully functional ‘admin’ user. Hardening guidance tells administrators to delete the ‘admin’ user, but we know a large number of installations haven’t,” Baines explained. “We probed a sample of hosts on … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 26, 2023, 1:45 PM
  • Over 900,000 devices are impacted by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in MikroTik RouterOS.

    newswww.securityweek.comJul 26, 2023, 11:48 AM
  • Experts warn of a severe privilege escalation, tracked as CVE-2023-30799, in MikroTik RouterOS that can be exploited to hack vulnerable devices. VulnCheck researchers warn of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-30799 (CVSS score: 9.1), that can be exploited in large-scale attacks to target over 500,000 RouterOS systems. “MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comJul 26, 2023, 9:10 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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