CVE-2018-17153

Summary

CVECVE-2018-17153
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-18 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-28 16:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was discovered that the Western Digital My Cloud device before 2.30.196 is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to authenticate as an admin user without needing to provide a password, thereby gaining full control of the device. (Whenever an admin logs into My Cloud, a server-side session is created that is bound to the user's IP address. After the session is created, it is possible to call authenticated CGI modules by sending the cookie username=admin in the HTTP request. The invoked CGI will check if a valid session is present and bound to the user's IP address.) It was found that it is possible for an unauthenticated attacker to create a valid session without a login. The network_mgr.cgi CGI module contains a command called "cgi_get_ipv6" that starts an admin session -- tied to the IP address of the user making the request -- if the additional parameter "flag" with the value "1" is provided. Subsequent invocation of commands that would normally require admin privileges now succeed if an attacker sets the username=admin cookie.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Dl2100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Dl2100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Dl2100 All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Dl2100 All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Dl4100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Dl4100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Dl4100 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Dl4100 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2100 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2100 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Ultra - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Ultra - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Ultra Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex2 Ultra Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex4 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex4 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex4100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Ex4100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex4100 All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex4100 All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex4 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Ex4 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Mirror - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Mirror - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Mirror Gen 2 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Pr2100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Pr2100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Pr2100 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Pr2100 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Pr4100 - All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Pr4100 - All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Pr4100 All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Pr4100 All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Wdbctl0020hwt All All All All
Hardware Western Digital My Cloud Wdbctl0020hwt All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Wdbctl0020hwt Firmware All All All All
Operating System Western Digital My Cloud Wdbctl0020hwt Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Authentication bypass vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud allows escalation to admin privileges - Security Advisories and Insights - Securify B.V. MISC securify.nl Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Western Digital MyCloud Unauthenticated Command Injection ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
My Cloud OS 3 September 2018 Security Hotfix Firmware Download MISC support.wdc.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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