{"id":"CVE-2018-10070","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-10070","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:30:23.847Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2018-04-16T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:33:27.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400"],"affected":["mikrotik/router firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.12503,"percentile":0.96202,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.09666,"percentile":0.95338},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.12734,"percentile":0.96087}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2018-04-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":44450,"kind":"exploit","title":"MikroTik 6.41.4 - FTP daemon Denial of Service (PoC)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44450","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/44450.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/44450.txt","published":"2018-04-13","added":"2018-04-13","updated":"2018-04-13","author":"FarazPajohan","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2018-10070"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.12734,"from":0.09666,"percentile":0.96087},"summary":"EPSS moved from 9.7% to 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44450/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147183/MikroTik-6.41.4-Denial-Of-Service.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44450/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10070","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}