CVE-2018-18472

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-18472
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2019-06-19T16:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-06-25T10:15:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:my_book_live_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:my_book_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/ Third Party Advisory
https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18472
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18472
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:09:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 22:16:07 2019-06-19T16:15Z 2019-06-19T16:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 22:16:07 2021-06-25T10:15:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 22:16:07 Modified Vulnerability Status updated