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sbiddle

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#232107 29-Mar-2018 21:09
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If anybody on here runs any Mikrotik hardware it's worth reminding you to keep it up to date and secured.

 

There is a major exploit in the wild today affecting hardware. I've seen compromised devices today and am aware of a number of devices found in NZ on a number of RSP's that have been compromised.

 

Full details are on the Mikrotik website - you should be running 6.38.5 at a *bare* minimum. 6.41.3 may also reduce exposure to this threat.

 

https://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=132499

 

If you're running anything below 6.38.5 and had port 80 for Webfig open to the Internet there is a real possibility your router could have already been compromised.

 

 


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  #1985702 29-Mar-2018 21:25
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Its a bit of a worry that sites would be running less than 6.38.5.
And from the email MT sent out said it exploits webfig or winbox. Which I would also question why anyone would just expose those outright to the internet.
I can understand core routers not being upgraded, but they sure as hell shouldn't have config ports open to the world!



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  #1985784 29-Mar-2018 22:54
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Unfortunately there is a strong correlation between "can't configure a firewall" and "doesn't bother patching".

 

Some shodan stats for NZ.

 

958 - SNMP open
648 - Telnet open
189 - Telnet open but mapped to port 2323 (l33t!)
1148 - FTP open

 

I couldn't find an accurate way to measure webfig numbers, but plenty of these boxes had http servers on port 80 or 8080.

 

Here's a report including the versions reported by the FTP daemon.

 

https://www.shodan.io/report/u8fl5g3P


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