CVE-2012-6050
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a...
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
- Record
CVE-2012-6050- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-16
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
- Record
CVE-2012-6050- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5924 No score
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5924- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r73j-3c4p-q8r8 No score
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a...
The winbox service in MikroTik RouterOS 5.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), read the router version, and possibly have other impacts via a request to download the router's DLLs or plugins, as demonstrated by roteros.dll.
- Record
GHSA-r73j-3c4p-q8r8- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Mikrotik Router - Denial of Service | 2012-05-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-6050 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Mikrotik Routeros, published November 27, 2012. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.41%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.