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CVE-2021-35941

HIGH

7.5

Description

Western Digital WD My Book Live (2.x and later) and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/29/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

westerndigital:wd_my_book_livewesterndigital:wd_my_book_live_duowesterndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo_firmwarewesterndigital:wd_my_book_live_firmware

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-306

References

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo(cve@mitre.org)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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