Authentication issue with the encrypted volumes and auto mount feature in My Cloud devices
CVE-2022-29838

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor: Western Digital
Status: My Cloud
Vendor: CVE Published:; 9 December 2022

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What is CVE-2022-29838?

Improper Authentication vulnerability in the encrypted volumes and auto mount features of Western Digital My Cloud devices allows insecure direct access to the drive information in the case of a device reset. This issue affects: Western Digital My Cloud My Cloud versions prior to 5.25.124 on Linux.

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Affected Version(s)

My Cloud Linux My Cloud < 5.25.124

References

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/w...

CVSS V3.1

Score:

4.3

Severity:

MEDIUM

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

None

Availability:

High

Attack Vector:

Physical

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

Required

Scope:

Unchanged

Timeline

Vulnerability published
Dec 9, 2022
Vulnerability Reserved
Apr 27, 2022

Credit

Western Digital would like to thank Asim Rehman for reporting this issue

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