Synopsis
MikroTik's WinBox stores the user's cleartext password in a configuration file when the Keep Password option is selected. Keep Password is enabled by default.
Specifically, the password is stored in a file called settings.cfg.viw in Winbox's AppData/Roaming directory. The full path is C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Mikrotik\Winbox\settings.cfg.viw
The username and password can be found appended to the keywords login and pwd respectively.
An attacker that gains access to this file can use it to pivot to the router.
Solution
This issue affects all known versions of WinBox. However, to mitigate this issue, MikroTik suggests using WinBox's "Set Master Password" functionality.
Additional References
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/260.htmlhttps://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Winbox
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