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CVE-2019-15055

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

MikroTik RouterOS through 6.44.5 and 6.45.x through 6.45.3 improperly handles the disk name, which allows authenticated users to delete arbitrary files. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to reset credential storage, which allows them access to the management interface as an administrator without authentication.

Affected products

• MikroTik RouterOS: through 6.44.5; from 6.45 through 6.45.3

References

• https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-108
• https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=151603
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2019_15055
• https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/rooting-routeros-with-a-usb-drive-16d7b8665f90
• https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/testing-release-tree
• https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-108
• https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=151603
• https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2019_15055
• https://medium.com/tenable-techblog/rooting-routeros-with-a-usb-drive-16d7b8665f90
• https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/testing-release-tree

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