CVE-2021-35941

Published on: 06/29/2021 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 07/12/2022 05:42:00 PM UTC

CVE-2021-35941

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

Certain versions of Wd My Book Live from Westerndigital contain the following vulnerability:

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-2021-35941 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.

CVSS3 Score: 7.5 - HIGH

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	NONE
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
UNCHANGED	NONE	NONE	HIGH

CVSS2 Score: 5 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Book Live devices \| Ars Technica	arstechnica.com text/html	MISC arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/
WDC-21008 Recommended Security Measures for WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo \| Western Digital	www.westerndigital.com text/html	MISC www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Hardware	Westerndigital	Wd My Book Live	-	All	All	All
Hardware	Westerndigital	Wd My Book Live Duo	-	All	All	All
Operating System	Westerndigital	Wd My Book Live Duo Firmware	All	All	All	All
Operating System	Westerndigital	Wd My Book Live Firmware	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_duo_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_live_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@CVEreport	CVE-2021-35941 : Western Digital WD My Book Live 2.x and later and WD My Book Live Duo all versions have an adm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2021-06-29 21:07:25
/r/netcve	CVE-2021-35941	2021-06-29 21:41:23
/r/KibernetinisSaugumas	Nesavaitė #1 06 28 – 07 02	2021-07-10 08:18:28