CVE-2021-35941

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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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo Vendor Advisory
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 06:12

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo - Vendor Advisory () https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo - Vendor Advisory

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-287 CWE-306

06 Jul 2021, 14:51

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-287
CPE cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 5.0
v3 : 7.5
References (MISC) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ - (MISC) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo - (MISC) https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo - Vendor Advisory

29 Jun 2021, 21:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2021-06-29 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:12

NVD link : CVE-2021-35941

Mitre link : CVE-2021-35941

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-35941

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Products Affected

westerndigital

  • wd_my_book_live_duo_firmware
  • wd_my_book_live_firmware
  • wd_my_book_live
  • wd_my_book_live_duo
CWE
CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function