CVE-2018-10070 in the critical feed json
A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.41.4 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU and all available RA…
published 2018-04-16 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-2152
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 12.5%
- EPSS 12.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
A vulnerability in MikroTik Version 6.41.4 could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to exhaust all available CPU and all available RAM by sending a crafted FTP request on port 21 that begins with many '\0' characters, preventing the affected router from accepting new FTP connections. The router will reboot after 10 minutes, logging a "router was rebooted without proper shutdown" message.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-44450)
- Published
Exploit prediction
12.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-44450 MikroTik 6.41.4 - FTP daemon Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2018-04-13
- packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/44450/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
-
packetstormsecurity.com
/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-10070
- NVD CVE-2018-10070
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