CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.6%
MikroTik RouterOS is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
vulnerability.
# Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/o:mikrotik:routeros";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124040");
script_version("2022-03-30T03:03:44+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-03-30 03:03:44 +0000 (Wed, 30 Mar 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-03-18 15:35:22 +0000 (Fri, 18 Mar 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-03-28 13:17:00 +0000 (Mon, 28 Mar 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-41987");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("MikroTik RouterOS RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2021-41987)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_mikrotik_router_routeros_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("mikrotik/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MikroTik RouterOS is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In the SCEP Server of RouterOS in certain Mikrotik products, an
attacker can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow that leads to remote code execution.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MikroTik RouterOS versions prior to 6.48.6, 6.49.x prior to
6.49.1 and 7.x prior to 7.1.");
# nb: The only reference to a fix for SCEP on https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs matching
# the release date 2021/11/17 in the linked advisory is the following:
# *) certificate - improved stability when sending bogus SCEP message;
# Every release containing this changelog entry has been assumed to contain a fix.
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.48.6, 6.49.1, 7.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://teamt5.org/en/posts/vulnerability-mikrotik-cve-2021-41987/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, nofork: TRUE))
exit(0);
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.48.6")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.48.6");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "6.49.0", test_version_up: "6.49.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.49.1");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "7.0", test_version_up: "7.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "7.1");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
73.6%