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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26880 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.683Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-5721

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-15T21:15:36.607

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:34:28.990

Link: CVE-2020-5721

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