CVE-2019-15055
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.44.5 and 6.45.x through 6.45.3 improperly handles the disk name,...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15055- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-15055- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-6141 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-6141- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2722-rx7q-f2w5 No score
MikroTik RouterOS through 6.44.5 and 6.45.x through 6.45.3 improperly handles the disk name,...
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.
- Record
GHSA-2722-rx7q-f2w5- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-15055 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mikrotik Routeros, published August 26, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.23%, the 82nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
mikrotik.com/download/changelogs/testing-release-tree
fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-19-108
medium.com/tenable-techblog/rooting-routeros-with-a-usb-drive-16d7b8665f90
github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2019_15055
forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?t=151603
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15055