Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Western Digital products - CVE-2022-23121
Published: March 25, 2022 / Updated: April 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU61620
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23121
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Western Digital
Affected software:
My Cloud PR2100
My Cloud PR4100
My Cloud EX4100
My Cloud EX2 Ultra
My Cloud Mirror Gen 2
My Cloud DL2100
My Cloud DL4100
My Cloud EX2100
WD Cloud
My Cloud
My Cloud Home
My Cloud OS 5
My Cloud PR2100
My Cloud PR4100
My Cloud EX4100
My Cloud EX2 Ultra
My Cloud Mirror Gen 2
My Cloud DL2100
My Cloud DL4100
My Cloud EX2100
WD Cloud
My Cloud
My Cloud Home
My Cloud OS 5
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of exceptional conditions in the parse_entries function when parsing AppleDouble entries. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-23121
Install updates from vendor's website.