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CVE-2022-22991 (GCVE-0-2022-22991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-13 20:27 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:28
VLAI
Title
Command injection through unsecured HTTP calls on Western Digital My Cloud devices
Summary
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-78 - OS Command Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Western Digital My Cloud Affected: My Cloud OS 5 , < 5.19.117 (custom)
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Credits
Reported By: Martin Rakhmanov (@mrakhmanov) working with Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative
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